Alva
After his children are taken away by social services, a troubled loner seeks revenge and flees into the inhospitable forest.
98'
Portugal
IFFR 2019
Chile, in the summer of 1990. Just after the fall of Pinochet and his military dictatorship. The inhabitants of a remote commune in the foothills of the Andes try to make a new life, far from the chaos of the city. They don’t have electricity yet, but the people there feel free after years of oppression. We see life here through the eyes of sixteen-year-old Sofia and Lucas, who is the same age and secretly in love with her. But Sofia has feelings for Ignacio, who is older.
In this coming-of-age story, Dominga Sotomayor (who has previously won two Tiger Awards) has created a principally sensory, tangible experience. This year, she was the first woman to win the award for Best Director in Locarno. Clearly, it is not only the teenagers who are experiencing growing pains. The same is true of the country of Chile itself, as it learns to stand on its own two feet again.
Winner KNF Award, IFFR 2019.
IFFR 2019
- 110'
- Chile
- 2018
- Director
- Dominga Sotomayor
- Countries of production
- Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Netherlands, Qatar
- Year
- 2018
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 110'
- Medium
- DCP
- International title
- Too Late to Die Young
- Language
- Spanish
- Producers
- Dominga Sotomayor, Rodrigo Teixeira, Stienette Bosklopper
- Production Companies
- Cinestación, RT Features, Circe Films
- Sales
- Stray Dogs
- Screenplay
- Dominga Sotomayor
- Cinematography
- Inti Briones
- Editor
- Catalina Marín
- Production Design
- Estefanía Larraín
- Sound Design
- Julia Huberman
- Cast
- Demian Hernández, Antar Machado, Magdalena Tótoro, Matías Oviedo, Andrés Aliaga, Antonia Zegers, Alejandro Goic
- Director
- Dominga Sotomayor
- Countries of production
- Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Netherlands, Qatar
- Year
- 2018
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 110'
- Medium
- DCP
- International title
- Too Late to Die Young
- Language
- Spanish
- Producers
- Dominga Sotomayor, Rodrigo Teixeira, Stienette Bosklopper
- Production Companies
- Cinestación, RT Features, Circe Films
- Sales
- Stray Dogs
- Screenplay
- Dominga Sotomayor
- Cinematography
- Inti Briones
- Editor
- Catalina Marín
- Production Design
- Estefanía Larraín
- Sound Design
- Julia Huberman
- Cast
- Demian Hernández, Antar Machado, Magdalena Tótoro, Matías Oviedo, Andrés Aliaga, Antonia Zegers, Alejandro Goic
Programme IFFR 2019
Bright Future Main Programme
Emerging talent with original subject matter and an individual style. Includes the films nominated for the Bright Future Competition for first feature films.
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80'
Germany
IFFR 2019
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77'
Jamaica
IFFR 2019