A film that was completely off our radar (which is surprising considering that it was backed by Netflix) will open the Horizontes Latinos programme at the upcoming San Sebastian International Film Festival. Chilean filmmaker Dominga Sotomayor hasn’t made a feature since 2018’s Too Late to Die Young – she is back with Limpia.
Starring María Paz Grandjean, Rosa Puga Vittini, Ignacia Baeza Hidalgo, Benjamín Westfall and Rodrigo Palacios, this is inspired by Alia Trabucco’s bestselling novel, Limpia is a psychological thriller telling the story of the intense relationship between Estela, a domestic worker, and the six-year-old girl she cares for day and night. As their bond deepens, they build a secret and dependent world, which will lead them to an inevitable outcome. Here are the other films in the section with items datig back to this year’s Berlinale, Cannes and upcoming Venice Film Festival.
Limpia – Dominga Sotomayor (Chile) (opening film)
The Ivy – Ana Cristina Barragán (Ecuador/Mexico/France/Spain)
Olmo – Fernando Eimbcke (USA/Mexico)
Dolores – Maria Clara Escobar, Marcelo Gomes (Brazil)
A Loose End – Daniel Hendler (Uruguay/Argentina/Spain)
The Message [+] – Iván Fund (Argentina/Spain/Uruguay)
Cuerpo celeste [+] – Nayra Ilic García (Chile/Italy)
Elder Son [+] – Cecilia Kang (Argentina/France)
Landmarks – Lucrecia Martel (Argentina/USA/Mexico/France/Netherlands/Denmark)
A Poet [+] – Simón Mesa Soto (Colombia/Germany/Sweden)
Copper – Nicolás Pereda (Mexico/Canada)
The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo [+] – Diego Céspedes (Chile/France/Germany/Spain/Belgium) (closing film)
