LA SAGRADA FAMILIA

(The Sacred Family)

Spanish/English subtitles
Chile / 2005 / 99 min
09, Sep, 2007 - 7:30 pm
Pacific Cinémathèque
Director: Sebastián Campos
Production: Horamágica
Screenwriters: Sebastián Campos
Cinematographer: Gabriel Díaz
Editor: Sebastián Campos
Art Director: Antonia Hernández
Sound: Patricio Muñoz
Music: Javiera & Los Imposibles
Cast: Néstor Cantillana, Sergio Hernández, Coca Guazzini, Patricia López, Macarena Teke, Mauricio Diocares, Juan Pablo Miranda

A traditional, well-to-do Chilean family's Easter holidays are invaded by their son's first girlfriend, Sofia, as she brings with her unbridled sexuality and troublesome curiosity. Sofia's entrance into this serious and bourgeois family sets off a chain of events and emotions that shakes their well-set foundations as she asks the awkward questions that most families are happy to ignore.

 

Las vacaciones de Semana Santa de una tradicional familia acomodada chilena son invadidas por la primera novia del hijo, Sofía, quien trae su sexualidad desinhibida y una curiosidad problemática.

La entrada de Sofía a esta seria familia burguesa desencadena una serie de eventos y emociones que sacuden sus bien cimentadas fundaciones cuando comienza a preguntar las cuestiones incómodas que toda familia es feliz de ignorar.

Awards: FIPRESI and Grand Prix Award Toulouse Latin American Film Festival / SIGNIS Award Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema

Preceding Short: Treinta años (Francia / Chile / 20 min)
Sponsored by: General Consulate of Chile Vancouver