{"id":6974,"date":"2020-06-10T20:20:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T00:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2020.cinemachile.cl\/?p=6974"},"modified":"2020-06-10T20:20:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T00:20:00","slug":"4758-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antes.cinemachile.cl\/en\/4758-2\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe Plants\u201d by Roberto Doveris and \u201cAltiplano\u201d by Malena Szlam are the daring and forward-looking films of this new \u201cThursdays of Chilean Cinema\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

We begin a new “Thursdays of Chilean Cinema” with daring works that have marked Chilean cinematography, as we move forward in opening up new spaces that showcase moving and exciting stories, which you can enjoy every week from your home through <\/span>www.cinemachile.cl<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This week we are accompanied by two film that have had international repercussion in interesting niche circuits, and today are available to audiences around the world. Las Plantas<\/strong><\/em>, by Roberto Doveris and ALTIPLANO <\/strong><\/em>by Malena Szlam, are films with particular ways of seeing and understanding the world, with narrative and formal elements that push the limits of the avant-garde. Doveris’ feature film fuses live-action and animation techniques into an immersive tale of desire; while Szlam’s short film captures the Atacama Desert, <\/span>engaging in the material and affective dimensions of analogue film practice. <\/span><\/p>\n

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“The Plants”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Las plantas<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0was produced by Mimbre and Ni\u00f1a Ni\u00f1o Films, and premiered at the Berlin Festival in 2016, in the Generation 14+ section dedicated to youth audiences, obtaining a Special Mention from the Youth Jury Generation 14plus and the Grand Prix of the Generation 14plus International Jury. The cast is made up of Violeta Castillo (who also composed the movie’s soundtrack), Mauricio Vaca, Ernesto Mel\u00e9ndez, Ingrid Isensee and Juan Cano.<\/p>\n

Described by Variety as a\u00a0 “a sexually souped-up teen psycho-thriller\u2026an original coming-of-age tale laced with pop culture” the film focuses on Florence, a 17-year-old teenager who has to care for her brother who is in a persistent vegetative state. Trying to survive without money or anyone to take care of them, the young woman discovers a comic called “The Plants” that deals with the invasion of plant spirits during the full moon, and which pushes her to explore her own sexuality.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In Las plantas<\/strong><\/em>, elements of pop culture, such as comics, become the tool through which Florence is able to escape her reality and forge a new identity outside of victimhood. She becomes empowered through a sexual game that is dangerous, but at the same time time might be the only way to survive in a world where everything is falling apart. In this way, the film subverts the male gaze, mixing routine and fantasy in an ode to sexual awakening and feminism,\u00a0 an unusual approach in Chilean cinema. An intelligent film that mixes film genres to reflect on gender roles in our society, \u201cLas Plantas\u201d should not be missed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Roberto Doveris is a talented and multifaceted Chilean director, producer, critic and teacher. With his Ni\u00f1a Ni\u00f1o Film company, he has participated in\u00a0 the creation of various films and more than 50 video clips, forging a particular vision that explores the intersections of pop, pastiche and sexual dissent. Since the premiere of The Plants at the Berlinale, Doveris has co-produced two films: \u201cPotential Victim\u201d by Nicol\u00e1s Guzm\u00e1n, which had its premiere at the Tallinn International Film Festival (Estonia), and \u201cThe Prince\u201d by Sebasti\u00e1n Mu\u00f1oz, winner of the Queer Lion in the Venice Film Festival 2019. He is currently post-producing \u201cThe Patient\u201d by Constanza Fern\u00e1ndez and preparing his second feature film, \u201cBecoming Vixen.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

CLICK HERE TO WATCH “THE<\/b> PLANTS”:\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n