Santiago, 2018, and roiling student protests highlight ongoing state violence and the criminalization of dissent in Diego Ayala and Aníbal Jofre’s latest feature,” The Affections” (“Los Afectos”), bowing in competition alongside nine Chilean projects at the Santiago Int’l Film Festival (Sanfic).
Having met in film school, this is the pair’s second feature following their 2013 feature-length title, “Volantín Cortao,” which was selected for Locarno’s Carte Blanche and saw a debut at the Rome Film Festival.
Produced by Valentina Roblero Arellano and Francisca Mery at Chile’s Orion Cine and co-produced by Ecuador’s Incubadora, the film follows school inspector Benajmín (Gastón Salgado) amidst the unrest as student pushback simmers and he grows weary of his daughter Karina’s (Catalina Ríos) close friend Iván (Gianluca Abarza), who encourages her bold activism. When she’s killed by authorities during a demonstration, he’s challenged to reevaluate long-held beliefs.
The project...
Having met in film school, this is the pair’s second feature following their 2013 feature-length title, “Volantín Cortao,” which was selected for Locarno’s Carte Blanche and saw a debut at the Rome Film Festival.
Produced by Valentina Roblero Arellano and Francisca Mery at Chile’s Orion Cine and co-produced by Ecuador’s Incubadora, the film follows school inspector Benajmín (Gastón Salgado) amidst the unrest as student pushback simmers and he grows weary of his daughter Karina’s (Catalina Ríos) close friend Iván (Gianluca Abarza), who encourages her bold activism. When she’s killed by authorities during a demonstration, he’s challenged to reevaluate long-held beliefs.
The project...
- 8/22/2024
- by Holly Jones
- Variety Film + TV
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