Synopsis

An elderly couple, who survived decades of slavery inside a powerful enclave in the south of Chile, now lives in isolation in Patagonia. Their sole purpose is living, in the present, the past they never had, while fighting against their greatest fear: the oblivion of society. This documentary story is intertwined with a fictional story, in which a woman, faced with the imminent loss of her memory, decides to go into a forest to unearth a secret, and thus try to ask forgiveness for a guilt she has carried all her life, which is linked to the darkest chapter of Chile’s recent history.

Team

• Matías

  Rojas Valencia

  Director
• Tomás

  Gerlach

  Producer

  Co-produces “El Vals de los Inútiles” by Edison Cájas; and “Maquina Voladora” by Vicente Barros. He worked on the development of “Visión Nocturna” by Carolina Moscoso, winner of FidMarseille 2020. He is the Producer of the hybrid fiction and documentary in production “Winter Howl” by Matías Rojas Valencia, winner of the Audiovisual Fund 2022 and participates in the Be Coproduction Market of the Festival from Tallinn 2021, in Distribution; from “Patas de perro”, a project in development written and directed by Matías Rojas Valencia, adaptation of the novel of the same name by the writer Carlos Droguett, winner of the National Literature Prize in 1970; of the feature film in development “Ecos”, adaptation of the novel of the same name by national writer Alex Saldías, winner of the Roberto Bolaños 2015 award. And he is working on the development of the feature film “La muerte comer estilando” with the writer and director Pelayo Lira, adaptation of the book of the same name by the writer Andrés Montero.

• Clara

  Larraín

  Producer

  Clara Larraín is a Chilean producer recognized with the Marché du Film 2022 Promising Producer Award, which focuses on international co-productions by new creators whose projects challenge the limits of audiovisual language.

• Leandro

  Listorti

  Producer

  Producer, archivist and filmmaker. He was awarded with the Sundance Documentary Grant and in 2023 he was selected at the Joaquin Jordá Residence and at EAVE-Puentes. He works at the Buenos Aires Film Museum. Together with Paula Zyngierman they founded MaravillaCine.

• Paula

  Zyngierman

  Producer

  Anthropologist, producer and teacher. Working in production since 1991, both independently and in production companies. He participated in EAVE-Puentes, the Di Tella Program and the Sundance Grant. In 2016 she founded MaravillaCine with Leandro Listorti.

• Francoise

  Nieto-Fong

  Producer

  Françoise Nieto-Fong founded in 2004 Productora LAP, her first documentary feature «THE PRIVATE ARCHIVES OF PABLO ESCOBAR» was released in Colombia and the United States, as well as being broadcast on television in Latin America and Europe. She has worked on projects with Latin American directors such as Natalia Smirnoff, Carlos Carrera, Ciro Guerra, Katia Lundt and Matias Rojas Valencia and on projects broadcast by HBO, National Geographic, Aljazeera, MTV, Fox.
  Before working in production, she use to make acquisitions for theatrical releases in Colombia and European film and TV distribution.

Technical Info

Year: 2023
Format: 4K
Country: Chile- Argentina – Colombia
Director: Matías Rojas Valencia
Producer: Tomás Gerlach y Clara Larraín
Executive Producer: Paulina García
Production Company: A Simple Vista Producciones y Clara Films
Co-producers Argentina: Leandro Listorti y Paula Zyngierman
Production Company Argentina: Maravillacine
Co-producer Colombia: Francoise Nieto-Fong
Production Company Colombia: Centauro Comunicaciones
Web Site: www.clarafilms.cl
Distribuition: Storyboard Media

Awards and Official Selections

BE Coproduction Market 2021 – Premio Promising producer Marché du Film
Spotlighted Cannes Docs 2022

World Premiere
2023 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival – International Premiere (ESTONIA)