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San Sebastian Film Festival · 2020

San Sebastian Film Festival 2020

Horizontes Latinos

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9 films · 3 reviews

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All The Dead Ones (Todos os mortos)

1899. Slavery recently has been abolished in Brazil. The fates of the women in two families become entangled when the Soareses, former land and slave owners, request help from Ina, a woman of African descent they once dismissed due to religious differences.

(Country: Brazil, France; Year: 2020; Director: Marco Dutra, Caetano Gotardo; Writer: Marco Dutra, Caetano Gotardo; Stars: Mawusi Tulani, Clarissa Kiste, Carolina Bianchi, Thaia Perez, Agyei Augusto, Leonor Silveira, Alaíde Costa, Rogério Brito, Thomas Aquino, Andréa Marquee, Luciano Chirolli, Teca Pereira, Gilda Nomacce, Vinicius Meloni, Eduardo Silva)

Identifying Features (Sin Señas Particulares)

Magdalena makes a journey to find her son, gone missing on his way to the Mexican border with the US. Her odyssey takes her to meet Miguel, a man recently deported from the US. They travel together, Magdalena looking for her son, and Miguel hoping to see his mother again.

(Country: Mexico, Spain; Year: 2020; Director: Fernanda Valadez; Writer: Fernanda Valadez, Astrid Rondero; Stars: Mercedes Hernández, David Illescas, Juan Jesús Varela, Ana Laura Rodríguez, Laura Elena Ibarra, Xicoténcatl Ulloa)

The Intruder

After a traumatic episode, a woman starts to find it hard to distinguish between what is real and what is imaginary.

(Country: Argentina, Mexico; Year: 2020; Director: Natalia Meta; Writer: Natalia Meta; Stars: Cecilia Roth, Erica Rivas, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Daniel Hendler, Mirta Busnelli, Agustín Rittano, Guillermo Arengo, Cecilia Roth, Erica Rivas, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Daniel Hendler, Mirta Busnelli, Agustín Rittano, Guillermo Arengo)

Mum, Mum, Mum (Mamá, Mamá, Mamá)

Erin has drowned and her sister Cleo has to come to terms with a changed reality. Memories and pain cut into the present – but so, too, do new experiences.

(Country: Argentina; Year: 2020; Director: Sol Berruezo Pichon-Rivière; Stars: Agustina Milstein, Chloé Cherchyk, Camila Zolezzi, Matilde Creimer Chiabrando, Siumara Castillo)

Night Shot

Eight years after being raped on a beach near Santiago, a young filmmaker composes a kaleidoscope with dozens of diary-videos showing the wounds of the abuse, the re-victimising legal proceedings and the friendship that accompanies her.

(Country: Chile; Year: 2019; Director: Carolina Moscoso; Writer: María Paz González, Carolina Moscoso)

One In A Thousand (Las Mil Y Una)

Review preview for One In A Thousand

Following her subjects through the tangled streets, in an out of small concrete houses or under the archways and up the stairwells where they take shelter, Navas observes them almost as if she were filming a documentary, perhaps without permission.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
Iris is 17 and takes each day as it comes. When she meets the cool Renata, her life changes abruptly.

(Country: Argentina; Year: 2020; Director: Clarisa Navas; Writer: Clarisa Navas; Stars: Ana Carolina Garcia, Sofia Cabrera, Ana Carolina Garcia, Sofia Cabrera)

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Tragic Jungle (Selva Tragica)

Review preview for Tragic Jungle

The scoring from Alejandro Otaola reinforces the otherworldly elements but the action feels underpowered by comparison.

Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
Deep in the Mayan jungle, a lawless territory where myths abound, a group of Mexican gum workers cross paths with Agnes, a mysterious young Belizean woman.

(Country: Mexico, France, Colombia; Year: 2020; Director: Yulene Olaizola; Writer: Rubén Imaz, Yulene Olaizola; Stars: Indira Rubie Adrewin, Gilberto Barraza, Dale Carley, Eligio Meléndez, Gabino Rodríguez, Gildon Roland, Mariano Tun Xool, Indira Rubie Adrewin, Gilberto Barraza, Dale Carley, Eligio Meléndez, Gabino Rodríguez, Gildon Roland, Mariano Tun Xool)

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Unlimited Edition (Edicion ilimitada)

Four stories, four protagonists: two men, two women who reflect, in different ways, on writing, reading, the generational clash and the creative process.

(Country: Argentina; Year: 2020; Director: Edgardo Cozarinsky, Santiago Loza, Virgina Cosin, Romina Paula)

La Verónica

Review preview for La Verónica

The writer/director deploys a deft amount of black humour but there's always a disturbing edge to the mood.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
Model and football WAG Veronica lives her life on social media... and she'll stop at nothing to become the face of a new lipstick.

(Country: Chile; Year: 2020; Director: Leonardo Medel; Writer: Leonardo Medel; Stars: Mariana Di Girólamo, Antonia Giesen, Ariel Mateluna, Josefina Montané, Patricia Rivadeneira, Willy Semler)

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