7.0
Summary
Chile, 1976. Carmen heads off to her beach house. When the family priest asks her to take care of a young man he is sheltering in secret, Carmen steps onto unexplored territories, away from the quiet life she is used to.
Cast
Aline Küppenheim
Carmen
Nicolás Sepúlveda
Elías
Hugo Medina
Father Sánchez
Alejandro Goic
Miguel
Carmen Gloria Martinez
Estela
Amalia Kassai
Leonor
Gabriel Urzúa
Tomás
Luis Cerda
Pedro
Ana Clara Delfino
Clara
Elena Delfino
Elena
Salvador Guenel
Andrés
Marcial Tagle
Osvaldo
Antonia Zegers
Raquel
Vilma Verdejo
Julita
Mauricio Pesutic
Eugenio
Yasna Ríos
Silvia
Francisco Ossa
Father Rafael
Jacinta Vidal
Aurora
Elvis Fuentes
Kidnapping Voices (voice) / Humberto
Mora Recalde
Nurse
Marco Antonio Donoso
Maestro Jefe
Ernesto Meléndez
Maestro Joven
Germán de Silva
Diver
Graciela Tenenbaum
Sonia
Cesar Campusano
Reading Group for the Blind
Patricio Lever
Reading Group for the Blind
Yolanda Navarro
Reading Group for the Blind
Patricia Rodríguez
Reading Group for the Blind
Gastón Chamorro
Ironmonger
Jorge Castillo
Policeman 1
Francisco Ovalle
Policeman 2
Paula Godoy
Corpse Woman
Pablo Valenzuela
Mirror Man
Sebastián Videla
Reporter
Gabriela Gonzalez
Young Maid
Wally Flores
Medic
Marcela Salinas
Kidnapping Voices (voice)
Julián Marras
Kidnapping Voices (voice)
Felipe Corrales
Surrounding Voices (voice)
Andrés Eyzaguirre
Surrounding Voices (voice)
Paulette Fabres
Surrounding Voices (voice)
Rodrigo Ferrer
Surrounding Voices (voice)
Paula Galleguillos
Surrounding Voices (voice)
Luciano Jadrievich
Surrounding Voices (voice)
Santino Martelli
Surrounding Voices (voice)
Jacinta Rodríguez
Surrounding Voices (voice)
Natalia Salgado
Surrounding Voices (voice)
Meury Sofia Zambrano
Surrounding Voices (voice)
Crew
Director, Writer
Manuela Martelli
Writer
Alejandra Moffat
Reviews
Geronimo1967
November 21, 2024
7
Aline Küppenheim turns in quite an impressive performance here as the middle class woman, married to a doctor, who finds herself embroiled in some clandestine activities at the height of the Pinochet administration in Chile. All she actually wants to do is get their beach house repainted, but when the local priest (Hugo Medina) approaches "Carmen" and asks her to take care of an injured young man, she finds herself exposed to quite a few dangers as she discovers "Elías" (Nicolás Sepúlveda) has a bullet hole in him and is on the run with the police looking for him. Over the next ninety minutes we get quite a sense of the peril in which she has to live; of her nervously sneaking about watching her own every move; telling lies and swapping buses when she travelled - all more akin to something from a John Le Carré novel rather than life in a supposedly civilised 1970s nation. What adds to the effectiveness of this drama is the fact that aside from some television actuality, we see little of the actual oppressiveness of the regime. It's the changes in her behaviour and her attitude to the young "Elías" that subtly embeds the sense of menace throughout the film. I didn't love the soundtrack and some might not like the inconclusiveness of the denouement, but I found that - like life in this turmoil-ridden country itself, made it all the more potent. Worth a watch.
