La sagrada familia

  • 99'
  • Chile
  • 2005
An affluent Chilean family has gone to their beach house for Easter. Marco, the selfish father, is a successful architect; the mother, Soledad, is loving but slightly disoriented (she sees rabbits everywhere) and son Marco is a far from successful student of architecture who has difficulty fighting his corner in discussions with his father. His first official girlfriend, the sensual Sofia, comes to visit. Sofia is a rebellious drama student who doesn't mince her words and poses confrontational questions. She sets off a chain of events and emotions that threaten the unstable balance of the family. Campos makes his début with this low-budget film and wants to give a new impulse to the very fragile state of Chilean film production. The film is set over a period of three days, the shooting lasted exactly the same length of time. This scenario offers the structure of a classic and simple drama, but with plenty of space for improvisation in order to achieve the most convincing, natural acting possible. This was emphasised by hand-held camerawork, close-ups on the characters and a semi-documentary style. The result is a humorous, slightly ironic cross between a Dogma film and a home movie. (SdH)
Director
Sebastián Campos
Country of production
Chile
Year
2005
Festival Edition
IFFR 2006
Length
99'
Medium
35mm
International title
The Sacred Family
Language
Spanish
Producers
Horamagica Productions, Ursula Budnik
Sales
MC Films
Screenplay
Sebastián Campos
Cinematography
Sebastián Campos, Gabriel Díaz
Editor
Sebastián Campos
Production Design
Antonia Hernandez
Sound Design
Patricio Munoz
Music
Javiera y los Imposibles
Cast
Sergio Hernández, Coca Guazzini
Director
Sebastián Campos
Country of production
Chile
Year
2005
Festival Edition
IFFR 2006
Length
99'
Medium
35mm
International title
The Sacred Family
Language
Spanish
Producers
Horamagica Productions, Ursula Budnik
Sales
MC Films
Screenplay
Sebastián Campos
Cinematography
Sebastián Campos, Gabriel Díaz
Editor
Sebastián Campos
Production Design
Antonia Hernandez
Sound Design
Patricio Munoz
Music
Javiera y los Imposibles
Cast
Sergio Hernández, Coca Guazzini