I am from Chile

(I Am From Chile)
Gonzalo Díaz Ugarte | Comedy, Drama, Fiction

2013 | 108 minutes | Chile

A coming of age story, I Am From Chile draws from the director’s personal experiences to tell a different kind of immigration story.

Synopsis

A coming of age story, I Am From Chile draws from the director’s personal experiences to tell a different kind of immigration story.

I Am from Chile is the story of Salvador, who moves to London from Chile to study English and travel around Europe at his parents’ expense. He stays with his aunt María (acclaimed Chilean actress Paulina García of Gloria, Illiterate), who makes a rather decent living renting the rooms of her house to other immigrants. But when a financial crisis back home leaves Salvador with no resources of his own, he has no other choice but to make ends meet with the help of María and his roommates (including a Russian drug dealer and his Japanese girlfriend), taking on a series of short-term, and at times, dangerous jobs. Difficult and challenging situations will force Salvador out of his protected bourgeois reality and into the real world.

Reviews

"Paulina García gives another great performance as Maria, and Diego Ruíz, who played Salvador, won special mention at the Festival Cine de Punta del Este. Recommended." — Elena Landry, George Mason Libraries, EMRO

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Main credits

Díaz, Gonzalo (film director)
Díaz, Gonzalo (screenwriter)
Martel, Dominique (film producer)
Ruiz, Diego (actor)
García, Paulina (actor)
Jiménez, Trinidad (screenwriter)

Other credits

Cinematography, Sergio Armstrong; editor, Danielle Fillios; music, Vadoinmessico, Eduardo Caces, Teresita Cabeza.


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Festivals

Barranquilla Film Festival - Special Mention, Best Ibero American Film
Festival Cine de Punta del Este - Special Mention, Diego Ruiz;
Havana's International Festival of New Latin American Cinema
Latin American Film Festival of Montréal
Chicago Latino Film Festival

DIRECTOR: Gonzalo Díaz Ugarte

NATIONALITY: Chile

YEAR: 2013

GENRE: Comedy, Drama, Fiction

LANGUAGE: Spanish

COLOR / B&W: Color

GRADE LEVEL: College, Adults

SUBTITLE/CC: AVAILABLE

AUDIO DESCRIPTION: NOT AVAILABLE

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