The Quispe Girls

Chile, Venice Critic’s Week 2013, mention for best Latin American feature film at Mar del Plata 2013

A first feature film by Sebastian Sepulveda

Synopsis

Based on a true story that occurred in 1974, “The Quispe Girls” is the tale of the sisters Justa, Lucia and Luciana Quispe, shepherds in the Chil- ean altiplano, who lead a solitary life. The recent death of a fourth sister and news from abroad, forces the sisters to an existential quest that will relentlessly bring them to a tragic end. Continuer la lecture →

Bellas Mariposas

Italy, Venice Orizzonti 2012, Rotterdam Big screen award 2013

Salvatore Mereu

Synopsis

Cate lives on the outskirts of Cagliari with her many brothers and sisters and a good-for-nothing father. She wants to get out and dreams of becoming a singer, not wanting to end up like her sister, Mandarina, pregnant at thirteen, or like Samantha, the neighbourhood slut. Continuer la lecture →

Keep Me Upright

France, Berlin Forum 2012

A first feature film by Zoe Chantre

Synopsis

When I was a child they found I had a giant S-shaped scoliosis of the spine and a large angioma of the left brain. Continuer la lecture →