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Violeta Went to Heaven

Violeta se fue a los cielos

Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Spain

2011

110 Min
Color
Spanish
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DIR Andrés Wood

EXEC Paula Cosenza, Denise Gomes, Pablo Pereira, Pablo Rovito, Fernando Sokolowicz

SCR Eliseo Altunaga, Ángel Parra, Rodrigo Bazaes, Guillermo Calderón, Andrés Wood

DP Miguel Ioann Littin Menz

CAST Francisca Gavilán, Thomas Durand, Patricio Ossa, Jorge López, Stephania Barbagelata, Roberto Farías, Gabriela Aguilera, Cristián Quevedo, Marcial Tagle, Luis Machín, Jaime McManus

ED Andrea Chignoli

PROD DES Rodrigo Bazaes

MUSIC Violeta Parra

Sundance (World Cinema Dramatic Competition): Grand Jury Prize

Synopsis

A portrait of famed Chilean singer and folklorist Violeta Parra filled with her musical work, her memories, her loves and her hopes. –Sundance Film Festival

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Andrés Wood

Andrés Wood Montt is a Chilean film director born in 1965. He is most famous for the films Historias de Fútbol / Soccer Stories (1997), La Fiebre del Loco/ Loco Fever (2002), his most well known film Machuca (2004) and his most recent La Buena Vida/ The Good Life (2008). His 2011 film Violeta has been selected as the Chilean entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards.

Wood is a Chilean of Irish and Scottish descent. He was educated at a private English school in Santiago. He graduated as an economist from the Catholic University of Chile in 1988. In 1991 he studied at the New York University Film School. —Wikipedia 

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Carlos Filipe Freitas

30Mar13

...this film deserves to be seen for what it represents and for Francisca Gavilán’s incredible performance. Full review and Rating: http://alwayswatchgoodmovies.blogspot.com/2013/03/violeta-went-to-heaven-2011.html

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aechjay

12Mar13

a very beautiful portrait of an artist.

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Henrique Amud

8Mar13

Bold, brave and bwqutiful, but so heartbreaking. Gavilán is exceptional.

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marcorenton

3Jul12

Creation is a bird without a flight plan.

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Como en el muro la hiedra

By javier quinter​o on January 7, 2012

Es muy estimulante ver una película biográfica que, durante gran parte de su duración, alterna diversos tiempos y espacios de la vida de su protagonista a través del montaje. Se libera de la linealidad…  read review

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