{"id":11187,"date":"2021-12-06T21:28:47","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T21:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemachile.cl\/?p=11187"},"modified":"2021-12-22T23:02:34","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T23:02:34","slug":"cinemachile-talks-pablo-larrain-spencer-theo-court-white-on-white-chiles-oscar-entry-actor-alfredo-castro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antes.cinemachile.cl\/en\/espanol-cinemachile-talks-pablo-larrain-spencer-theo-court-white-on-white-chiles-oscar-entry-actor-alfredo-castro\/","title":{"rendered":"CinemaChile Talks: Pablo Larra\u00edn (‘Spencer’), Th\u00e9o Court (‘White On White’, Chile’s Oscar Entry) & actor Alfredo Castro"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following the selection of White on White<\/em><\/strong> to represent Chile and compete at the next edition of the Oscars, we invited one of our great ambassadors of Chilean cinema, Pablo Larra\u00edn<\/strong>, to talk with the director of the film Th\u00e9o Court <\/strong>and its leading actor, Alfredo Castro<\/strong>, in one of our CinemaChile Talks <\/strong>special edition, released exclusively by Variety magazine.<\/p>\n

Court\u2019s second feature, a portrait of the genocide of the indigenous Selknam people in Tierra del Fuego, premiered at the Venice Film Festival, where he won the Silver Lion for Best Director of the Orizzonti section, among other awards. It has been distributed to more than 70 international festivals and now continues its extensive path representing Chile in the race for the Oscars for Best International Film.<\/p>\n

Like Court, Larra\u00edn has generated ‘Oscar buzz’, this year with Spencer<\/em><\/strong> (distributed by Neon), a film that has been widely received by both audiences and critics, and where Kristen Stewart\u2019s portrayal of Princess Diana is being praised as the peak of her acting career.<\/p>\n

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Larra\u00edn, founding partner along with his brother, Juan de Dios Larra\u00edn, from the production company Fabula (based in Chile, Mexico and Los Angeles) brought to Chile the first Oscar for Best International Film in 2018 with A Fantastic Woman<\/em><\/strong>, directed by Sebasti\u00e1n Lelio.<\/p>\n

One crucial element that Court and Larra\u00edn share with their films is the third guest to the conversation, actor Alfredo Castro, who plays a photographer in White on White<\/em><\/strong> and who has performed in six of Larra\u00edn\u2019s nine features, including emblematic roles like Tony Manero<\/em><\/strong> (2008), NO<\/em><\/strong> (2012) and The Club<\/em><\/strong> (2015). Castro is undoubtedly one of the most important actors in Chile, with an international career that includes 71 films that have been awarded in Venice, Havana, the Platinum Awards, among others.<\/p>\n

The encounter between Larra\u00edn, Court and Castro brought with it a magnetic conversation focused on the most political and controversial aspects of the film: the massacre of the Selk’nam ethnic group in Tierra del Fuego, one of the darkest chapters in the history of Chile, and the least publicly spoken.<\/p>\n

The conversation revealed Larra\u00edn\u2019s support for White on White<\/em><\/strong>\u2019s candidacy to represent Chile in the Best International Film category of the Oscar Awards, calling it a “really interesting, strange and very violent film”.<\/p>\n

The conversation also delved into different details of Court\u2019s second feature, about the creative process of the film, and from which came the idea of using the figure of a photographer to capture a key social and political moment in the history of Chile and Latin America.<\/p>\n

The complete conversation is now available and translated and subtitled into English, so that English speakers from all over the world can learn more about these three great talents and the details of their careers and cinematic experience.<\/p>\n

Enjoy this CinemaChile Talks Special Edition!<\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n