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CHILE - B-Happy
B-Happy

"I'm not afraid of anything...dogs, gypsies, night, wind or earthquakes," repeats 14-year-old Manuela Martelli [Best Actress, Havana Festival]—and she needs to believe it. She lives in a ramshackle house outside Valparaíso with mom Lorene Prieto [THE SENTIMENTAL TEASER, 99 fest], who's preyed on by her boss; her dad, back from the pen, knocks over a gas station and steals a car while they're on an outing—then things really get tough. But she always has that mantra in this multi-awarded coming-of-age story. Toronto, Berlin Festivals.

"No me asusta nada...ni los perros, ni los gitanos, ni la noche, el viento o los terremotos", repite la niña de 14 años Manuela Martelli [Mejor Actriz, Festival de La Habana ]— y necesita creerlo. Vive en una casa desvencijada fuera de Valparaíso con su mamá Lorene Prieto [ EL BROMISTA de SENTIMENTAL, Festival ‘99], víctima de los avances amorosos de su jefe; su papá, recién salido de la cárcel, asalta una estación gasolinera y roba un coche mientras que están de paseo. Y después las cosas realmente se empeoran. Pero ella siempre se consola con ese mantra, en esta premiada historia de adolescencia. Festivales de Toronto, Berlín.

DIRECTOR Gonzalo Justiniano PRODUCTION Sahara Films, Cinecorp, Igeldo Communication S.L. and Joel Films PRODUCER Carlo Bettin and Gonzalo Justiniano SCREENPLAY Fernando Aragón, Sergio Gómez, Gonzalo Justiniano and Daniela Lillo CINEMATOGRAPHY Andrés Carretón EDITOR Danielle Fillios ART DIRECTION Polín Gorbizú MUSIC Cuti Aste CAST Eduardo Barril, Ricardo Fernández, Manuela Martelli, Lorene Prieto, Felipe Rios and Juan Pablo Sáez. 2003, Color, 90 min, Spanish with subtitles.

 

 

 


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