{"id":7821,"date":"2020-08-06T15:52:48","date_gmt":"2020-08-06T15:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemachile.cl\/?p=7821"},"modified":"2020-08-13T16:08:09","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T16:08:09","slug":"peliculas-conmovedoras-y-llenas-de-humor-en-esta-nueva-edicion-de-jueves-de-cine-chileno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antes.cinemachile.cl\/en\/humorous-and-moving-films-featured-in-this-new-edition-of-thursdays-of-chilean-cinema\/","title":{"rendered":"Humorous and moving films featured in this new edition of Thursday\u2019s of Chilean Cinema"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this new Thursday of Chilean Cinema we have the honor of sharing with you two gems of Chilean cinema: <\/span><b><i>Bonsai<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by Cristi\u00e1n Jim\u00e9nez and <\/span><b><i>The Simple Things<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by \u00c1lvaro Anguita, two films that humorously portray complex themes of life. Both films ask themselves and the audience about the limit between truth and the deception, building a filmic universe lush with photographic details\u00a0 pertaining to the geographical area of \u200b\u200beach production. <\/span><b><i>Bonsai<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was filmed in the southern city of Valdivia and <\/span><b><i>The Simple Things <\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Machal\u00ed, and each are a tribute to the director&#8217;s homeland. Additionally, both works reflect on love, loyalty and the emotional capacity of memory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Based on the novel by the Chilean writer Alejandro Zambra, <\/span><b><i>Bonsai<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is Jimenez&#8217;s second feature film and it premiered in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, marking the return of Chilean cinema to that section since Miguel Littin screened his film <\/span><b><i>Tierra del Fuego<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2000.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7830\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7830\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7830 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemachile.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Amor-e1596729356348.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"316\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7830\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bonsai<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is a love story that takes place in two different points in time, one in the present and another 8 years before. Julio studies literature in Valdivia and falls in love with Emilia. Years later, due to the twists and turns of life, he builds a literary plot based on the romance that linked him to Emilia way back when.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Produced by Jirafa in co-production with Rizoma (Argentina), Rouge International (France) and Ukbar films (Portugal), <\/span><b><i>Bonsai<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars Diego Noguera, Nathalia Galgani and Trinidad Gonz\u00e1lez, while the Director of Photography was Inti Briones and the editor was Soledad Salfate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2011, Jimenez told EFE that the film &#8220;is not just an adaptation of a novel, but a work whose theme is the literary gesture.&#8221; In the movie the book &#8220;play a role that goes far beyond its content.&#8221; <\/span><b><i>Bonsai<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> deals with the existential dimension of loneliness and its characters taking refuge in books. In 2010 Jim\u00e9nez was part of the residence of the Cinefondation de Cannes, during which he developed the script for the film.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film has received, among others, the Fipresci Award for Best Film at the 2011 Havana Festival and the Best Ibero-American Film Award at the 29th Miami Film Festival. Jimenez\u2019s films have screened at the Toronto Film Festival, San Sebastian Film Festival, Tokyo Film Festival, BAFICI, among others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jim\u00e9nez has been the winner of the most important national awards such as the Pedro Sienna and Altazor Awards. In addition, he has directed television and made video clips for artists such as the singer Mika and the French band Indochine. He has also had an impressive career in television, directing series such as <\/span><b><i>Weirdoes<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b><i>The Substitute<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. He is currently developing <strong><em>Evasi\u00f3n<\/em><\/strong>, a science fiction drama produced by Parox.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/357934148\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><i>Click here to watch Bonsai\u00a0<\/i><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7831\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7831\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7831 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemachile.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_2618-scaled-e1596729508348.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7831\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The simple things<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b><i>The Simple Things<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a 26-minute short film that tells a moving story about the effects of Alzheimer&#8217;s. Starring Catalina Saavedra, the narration weaves the themes of identity and memory through multiple emotional layers. Penelope (Saavedra) works at a bureaucratic office giving citizen\u2019s their identity cards, and in the afternoons she takes care of her mother, a woman with Alzheimer&#8217;s who is about to forget her own name. One day Penelope meets Ulises, a man who has no memories, and convinces him that he is her father. Once they arrive to the house,\u00a0 hilarious and touching situations occur between the three of them, revealing that reality is simpler than it appears, depending on where you look at it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The short film received the Grand Prix of the Clermont Ferrand Festival 2014. It was also exhibited at the Havana Film Festival, Biarritz Festival, among others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>The Simple Things <\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was produced by Pablo Calisto of the production house Equeco, known for making a young and innovative cinema and which found international success with <\/span><b><i>The Little White Lie <\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Tom\u00e1s Alzamora, selected at the Miami Film Festival and the Mal\u00e1ga Film Festival in 2017. Alzamora was the Director of Photography of<\/span><b><i> The Simple Things.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anguita is a director and scriptwriter of short films as well as a cinematographer, cameraman and electrician in different national productions, including <\/span><b><i>Un cuento de amor, locura y muerte <\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2015). He is currently working on his long-awaited \u00f3pera prima <strong><em>Los vasos rotos<\/em><\/strong> produced by Pablo Calisto.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/132101960\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><i>Click here to watch<\/i> <i>The Simple Things<\/i><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this new Thursday of Chilean Cinema we have the honor of sharing with you two gems of Chilean cinema: Bonsai, by Cristi\u00e1n Jim\u00e9nez and The Simple Things, by \u00c1lvaro Anguita, two films that humorously portray complex themes of life. 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