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Huacho

France, Chile

2009

89 Min
Color
1.85:1
Spanish
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DIR Alejandro Fernández Almendras

PROD Bruno Bettati, Elise Jalladeau

SCR Alejandro Fernández Almendras

DP Inti Briones

CAST Manuel Hernández, Cornelio Villagrán, Clemira Aguayo, Alejandra Yañez

ED Sébastien de Sainte Croix

PROD DES Beatriz Carrillo, Rodrigo Guerra

SOUND Pablo Pinochet

Toronto (Contemporary World Cinema), São Paulo, Transilvania (Focus Chile), Cannes (Semaine de la critique), San Sebastián (Horizontes Latinos), Cine//B (Retro del Futuro)

Synopsis

On a long day at the end of summer, four members of a southern Chilean peasant family struggle to adapt to the changing world in which they live in, a world where a video game or a new dress can be as precious as a liter of milk or a glass of wine. A new, global world where boundaries between tradition and modernity are fading and values are quickly changing. —FilmsDistribution

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Alejandro Fernández Almendras

Alejandro Fernández Almendras was born in Chile. After studying communication and journalism, he worked as a film critic, photographer and journalist. He then switched to filmmaking, directing a number of shorts La ofrenda (2003), Desde lesjos (2006) and the award-winning Along Came the Rain (2007). His debut feature Huacho (2009) won the NHK Award at Sundance, and was screened in competition at ADFF. Seated by the Fire (2011) is his second feature. —Abu Dhabi Film Festival 

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denny

7Oct09

Saw this excellent film at the Toronto festival. The film touched my heart and made me so grateful for all that I have.

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Nicolás Mladinic

6Oct09

I really liked this film! I truly recommend it.

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The Auteurs Daily. Toronto. Contemporary World Cinema

By David Hudson on September 22, 2009

A handful of titles that screened in the Contemporary World Cinema program at Toronto this year wound up with entries of their own; those

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LIFF 2010: HUACHO review

By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
What is that certain something that makes a film worth watching? Whatever it is, Alejandro Fernandez Almendras’ Huacho (one day with a Chilean peasant family) doesn’t have it. It’s not the subject matter
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