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SANFIC: Alicia Scherson Adapts Roberto Bolaño's 'Third Reich' in '1989' (EXCLUSIVE)

By Anna Marie de la Fuente

SANTIAGO DE CHILE -- Teaming up with producer Isabel Orellana at Araucaria Cine ("Nunca vas a estar solo"), Alicia Scherson ("Family Life," "Il Futuro") is tackling the world of men for the first time in her second adaptation of a Robe


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SANFIC: Alfredo Castro to Star in 'My Tender Matador' for Forastero (EXCLUSIVE)

By John Hopewell

Chile's Alfredo Castro, star of multiple Pablo Larrain's titles and Venice Golden Lion winner "From Afar," is attached to play the lead role of La Loca del Frente in "Tengo Miedo Torero" (My Tender Matador), a big-screen adaptation of


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Chilean Creator of 'Besieged,' Nicolas Acuña, to Helm Dynamo-Red Arrow Series (EXCLUSIVE)

By Anna Marie de la Fuente

"Besieged" ("Sitiados") creator Nicolas Acuña of prominent Chilean production house Promocine is attached to direct a series being developed by Colombia's Dynamo ("Narcos") in partnership with Munich-based TV distributor, Red Ar


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SANFIC: Chile's Roberto Doveris Producing 'The Prince,' Santiago Muñoz's Directorial Debut (EXCLUSIVE)

By Anna Marie de la Fuente

SANTIAGO DE CHILE -- Chilean helmer-scribe Roberto Doveris ("Plants") is producing the "The Prince," the directorial debut of veteran art director Santiago Muñoz, with a prestige cast headlined by Chile's Alfredo Castro ("Tony M


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'Do It Like an Hombre' Is Mexico's Highest-Grossing Local Film of the Year

By Jamie Lang

Some new Mexican box office history has been made as the comedy "Do it Like an Hombre" followed its 68.7 million Mexican pesos ($3.89 million) opening weekend with a two weekend total of $130.3 million pesos ($7.4 million), giving it t


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REVIEWS

Film Review: 'Chavela'

By Jay Weissberg

Chavela’s voice drew forth a song’s every emotion, and her life as a trouser-wearing lesbian celebrity became an inspiration throughout the Spanish-speaking world.


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Film Review: 'In the Intense Now'

By Owen Gleiberman

Almost every contemporary movie, from Hollywood superhero blockbusters to the most arduous Romanian art film, is shot in some variation of "widescreen." So it was a shock to sit down in the Kino International, the exotically stodgy yet


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Film Review: 'Personal Shopper'

By Peter Debruge

There's a certain perverse genius to unveiling a ghost movie at Cannes that relies on the audience to deliver the "boos" as the final credits roll, although one doubts that's quite what Olivier Assayas was going for with his peculiar "


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Film Review: 'Makala'

By Maggie Lee

A powerful cinematic rendering of hard labor in a harsh land.


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SANFIC: Andrés Lubert Gets Personal About His Chilean Dictatorship-Era Doc, 'The Color of the Chameleon'

By Jamie Lang

SANTIAGO DE CHILE --Today Jorge Lubert is a camera-man and journalist who has been to some of the most dangerous places in the world to cover human rights issues. It's not the career path that Pinochet's fascist regime had in mind when


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SANFIC: Juan Pablo Tercenier Explains Why Making 'Sapo' Was Inevitable

By Jamie Lang

SANTIAGO DE CHILE -- "Sapo", translated to English, literally means "Toad." In Chile the term is used to refer to private civilians who secretly worked with the country's fascist government from outside during Pinochet's dictatorship.


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SANFIC: Documenting Art Theft: Cristóbal Berríos Discusses his World Premiere 'Stealing Rodin'

By Jamie Lang

SANTIAGO DE CHILE -- In 2005, the Palace of Fine Arts in downtown Santiago, Chile, hosted a collection of sculptures by the French master Auguste Rodin. Late one morning, after a party celebrating another of the museum's exhibits, secu


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