Julio Begins in July

Julio comienza en julio

Chile

1977

120 Min

Black and White

Spanish

Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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PROD Silvio Caiozzi, Alberto Celery, Nelson Fuentes

CAST Luis Alarcón, Schlomit Baytelman, Marcial Edwards, Juan Cristóbal Meza, Gloria Münchmeyer, Delfina Guzmán, Tennyson Ferrada, Maria Castiglione, Jaime Vadell

In 1977 Caiozzi directed Julio comienza en Julio ( Julio Begins in July ), voted “the Chilean movie of the century,” which focuses on the decline of the Chilean aristocracy in the early 1900s to make a subtle critique of the contemporary oppressive regime. –filmreference.com

Director

Silvio Caiozzi

Silvio Caiozzi G. was born in Santiago, Chile, in 1944. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communications at Columbia College in Chicago, Illinois, in 1967.

Caiozzi is one of the most awarded film makers in the Spanish-speaking world. His full length features “Julio Begins in July” (Julio comienza en Julio, 1979), “The Moon in the Mirror” (La Luna en el Espejo, 1990), “Coronation” (Coronación, 2000), “Cachimba” (2004) and the documentary “Fernando is Back” (Fernando Ha Vuelto, 1998) have received almost 100 awards in some of the most important international film festivals such as Venice, Montreal, Biarritz, Valladolid, Huelva, Havana, Trieste, Mar del Plata and Cartagena de Indias among others.

His feature film “Julio begins in July” (1979) was chosen by the national audience as the “Best Chilean Movie of the Century”. —silviocaiozzi.cl