Director: Sebastián Lelio
Cast: Luis Dubó, Sergio Hernández, Viviana Herrera
Distributor: Rights Available
Buzz: One more standout item from the Vanguard programme offerings is this low budget Chilean film that garnered favorable reviews (Variety, THR and IndieWIRE) but went home empty handed at this year’s Locarno Film Festival. Sebastián Lelio’s third feature film (following his Cannes selected Navidad in 2009) puts a damaged landscape from Chile’s deadly 2010 quake to extremely good use.
The Gist: Perhaps a good starter-kit prior to the release of Life of Pi, Chile’s devastating earthquake of February 27th, 2011, inadvertently converts prisoner Manuel into a fugitive. As he futilely searches for loved ones, he encounters a caged tiger washed up on shore. After freeing the beast, Manuel realizes that neither of them have much of a chance for survival in the present landscape.
TIFF Schedule: Saturday September 10
TIFF Bell Lightbox 3
7:30pm
Monday September 12
AMC 1
8:30pm
Friday September 16
AMC 9
3:00pm
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