“Blanquita,” Chile’s official Oscar entry for Best International Film from rising star Fernando Guzzoni, is a cinematic and narrative revelation. Taking its cues from the real-life child prostitution and pedophilia scandal known as the “Spiniak Case” that rocked Chile in the early 2000s, “Blanquita” revolves around the young lady at the center of the scandal.
Blanca (first-time actress Laura López), more commonly referred to as Blanquita, has been subjected to abuse — emotional, sexual and physical — all her life. Poor and largely unprotected, the 18-year-old Blanquita is rarely championed; rooting for her, as Guzzoni reveals, does not always end where we hope it will.
Backed by Manuel, the priest of the home where she resides with her baby girl, Blanca alleges that a powerful businessman and a noted politician are part of a child-prostitution ring. As we watch her undergo psychological evaluations, holding her head high with a steely stare...
Blanca (first-time actress Laura López), more commonly referred to as Blanquita, has been subjected to abuse — emotional, sexual and physical — all her life. Poor and largely unprotected, the 18-year-old Blanquita is rarely championed; rooting for her, as Guzzoni reveals, does not always end where we hope it will.
Backed by Manuel, the priest of the home where she resides with her baby girl, Blanca alleges that a powerful businessman and a noted politician are part of a child-prostitution ring. As we watch her undergo psychological evaluations, holding her head high with a steely stare...
- 12/9/2022
- by Ronda Racha Penrice
- The Wrap
L.A.-based Outsider Pictures, one of the most avid U.S. distributors of Spanish-language movies, has picked up Chile’s Oscar entry “Blanquita.”
“It’s a critical look at a sordid part of Chilean social history, but also a political thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat,” enthuses company’s founder and CEO Paul Hudson, who closed the deal, noting that the decision continues Outsider’s ongoing support of Latin-themed independent cinema.
The film, directed by Fernando Guzzoni, will be released theatrically in New York and Los Angeles on Dec. 9, 2022.
“Blanquita” celebrated its world premiere at Venice Film Festival in the Horizons section, scoring Guzzoni an award for best screenplay. It also won the Golden Colon for best film at Spain’s Huelva Latin America Film Festival.
Giancarlo Nasi of Quijote Films produced the affecting drama, with Pablo Zimbrón (Varios Lobos), Donato Rotunno (Tarantula), Pascal Guerrin,...
“It’s a critical look at a sordid part of Chilean social history, but also a political thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat,” enthuses company’s founder and CEO Paul Hudson, who closed the deal, noting that the decision continues Outsider’s ongoing support of Latin-themed independent cinema.
The film, directed by Fernando Guzzoni, will be released theatrically in New York and Los Angeles on Dec. 9, 2022.
“Blanquita” celebrated its world premiere at Venice Film Festival in the Horizons section, scoring Guzzoni an award for best screenplay. It also won the Golden Colon for best film at Spain’s Huelva Latin America Film Festival.
Giancarlo Nasi of Quijote Films produced the affecting drama, with Pablo Zimbrón (Varios Lobos), Donato Rotunno (Tarantula), Pascal Guerrin,...
- 11/29/2022
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Apps: "The Chilean-Argentinean horror and fantasy anthology Apps, a independent project, produced and directed by Lucio A. Rojas, José Miguel Zúñiga, Sandra Arriagada, Camilo León and Samot Márquez, premieres official trailer
Apps premiered worldwide in July at the Bifan festival in Korea, performed at major events such as PopCorn Frights, Salem Horror Fest, Mile High Horror, among others.
It will continue in major events such as Nightmares Film Festival, Buffalo Dreams Film Festival, Semana de Terror de San Sebastián, Razor Reel, Mórbido Fest and more than 20 festivals around the world
The film’s executive production was in the hands of Zúñiga and Rojas. About the production, Rojas tells us: “In Chile, the fantastic film genre is just starting out. In the past ten years, local production of genre films has increased, though not thanks to state support, but rather because the filmmakers themselves have used their own money or support from private entities,...
Apps premiered worldwide in July at the Bifan festival in Korea, performed at major events such as PopCorn Frights, Salem Horror Fest, Mile High Horror, among others.
It will continue in major events such as Nightmares Film Festival, Buffalo Dreams Film Festival, Semana de Terror de San Sebastián, Razor Reel, Mórbido Fest and more than 20 festivals around the world
The film’s executive production was in the hands of Zúñiga and Rojas. About the production, Rojas tells us: “In Chile, the fantastic film genre is just starting out. In the past ten years, local production of genre films has increased, though not thanks to state support, but rather because the filmmakers themselves have used their own money or support from private entities,...
- 10/28/2021
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Some friends of ours from Chile have a new horror anthology called Apps and will be part of the Coming Soon program at Sitges. Our friends Lucio A Rojas and Sandra Arriagada have both contributed to the projected. We of course know Rojas from his horror flick Trauma. Arriagada we met at Blood Window a couple years ago when she helped present a female centric anthology called 28. Tutú Vidaurre and Nicolás Durán will lead Rojas' chapter, Eden. Felipe Ríos, Daniel Antivilo and a dear friend, Ximena del Solar, from Trauma, have supporting roles. Rojas sent along the teaser and a selection of images from all four chapters with two poster variants. Check them out below. Apps. Chilean anthology of horror and...
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- 9/14/2020
- Screen Anarchy
JESÚS Breaking Glass Pictures Reviewed by: Harvey Karten, Shockya Grade: B Director: Fernando Guzzoni Written by: Fernando Guzzoni Cast: Nicolás Durán, Alejandro Goic, Gastón Salgado, Sebastían Ayala, Esteban González Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 9/14/17 Opens: September 1, 2017 with September 19, 2017 DVD/VOD In the superb episodic TV drama “Homeland,” a 16-year-old girl involved […]
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- 9/21/2017
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Jesús premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival last autumn.
Breaking Glass Pictures, who acquired North American rights to Chilean writer-director Fernando Guzzoni’s Jesús last November, has unveiled release dates for the film.
Jesús will open theatrically in New York and Los Angeles on September 1, New Orleans on September 8, with other markets to follow leading up to the DVD/VOD release on September 19.
Nicolás Durán and Alejandro Goic star in the film that centres on eighteen-year-old Jesús, who is trapped in a dead end cycle of drugs, sex, apathy, and an obsession with violence.
After he and his friends attack a young boy, Jesús has no choice but to turn to his father for help, despite their troubled relationship.
The film held its Us premiere at the Neighboring Scenes Series held by the Film Society of the Lincoln Center in New York City.
Jacques Bidou, Marianne Dumoulin, Giancarlo Nasi produced, while [link=nm...
Breaking Glass Pictures, who acquired North American rights to Chilean writer-director Fernando Guzzoni’s Jesús last November, has unveiled release dates for the film.
Jesús will open theatrically in New York and Los Angeles on September 1, New Orleans on September 8, with other markets to follow leading up to the DVD/VOD release on September 19.
Nicolás Durán and Alejandro Goic star in the film that centres on eighteen-year-old Jesús, who is trapped in a dead end cycle of drugs, sex, apathy, and an obsession with violence.
After he and his friends attack a young boy, Jesús has no choice but to turn to his father for help, despite their troubled relationship.
The film held its Us premiere at the Neighboring Scenes Series held by the Film Society of the Lincoln Center in New York City.
Jacques Bidou, Marianne Dumoulin, Giancarlo Nasi produced, while [link=nm...
- 8/1/2017
- ScreenDaily
Keep up with the wild and wooly world of indie film acquisitions with our weekly Rundown of everything that’s been picked up around the globe. Check out last week’s Rundown here.
-Gravitas Ventures has secured the worldwide rights to “Folk Hero & Funny Guy,” the debut film from writer-director Jeff Grace. The comedy follows a successful singer-songwriter who helps his friend’s struggling comedy career and broken love life by hiring him as his opening act on his solo tour. “Folk Hero & Funny Guy” premiered at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival and stars Alex Karpovsky, Wyatt Russell, Meredith Hagner, Melanie Lynskey, Hannah Simone, Heather Morris, Michael Ian Black and David Cross.
“It was impossible to resist the witty and memorable characters in Folk Hero & Funny Guy,” Nolan Gallagher, Founder and CEO of Gravitas Ventures, said in a statement. “It’s a laugh-out-loud bromance that we know will resonate with audiences near and far.
-Gravitas Ventures has secured the worldwide rights to “Folk Hero & Funny Guy,” the debut film from writer-director Jeff Grace. The comedy follows a successful singer-songwriter who helps his friend’s struggling comedy career and broken love life by hiring him as his opening act on his solo tour. “Folk Hero & Funny Guy” premiered at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival and stars Alex Karpovsky, Wyatt Russell, Meredith Hagner, Melanie Lynskey, Hannah Simone, Heather Morris, Michael Ian Black and David Cross.
“It was impossible to resist the witty and memorable characters in Folk Hero & Funny Guy,” Nolan Gallagher, Founder and CEO of Gravitas Ventures, said in a statement. “It’s a laugh-out-loud bromance that we know will resonate with audiences near and far.
- 1/27/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
The distributor has picked up North American rights to Fernando Guzzoni’s thriller, which premiered in Toronto last autumn.
Jesús went on to screen at the San Sebastian International Film Festival and will receive its Us premiere at the Neighboring Voices Series held by the Film Society of the Lincoln Center in New York City.
Nicolás Durán stars alongside Pablo Larrain collaborator Alejandro Goic in the story of a Santiago teenager who gets involved in an incident that may tear him apart from his father, with whom he has a fraught relationship.
Breaking Glass CEO Richard Wolff and Amanda Rae Simon negotiated the deal with Premium Films CEO Jean-Charles Mille and Leslie Saussereau.
“Fernando Guzzoni has crafted an intense and unrelenting thriller about the strained relationship between a dysfunctional father and son, which implodes when the boy commits a heinous act and turns to his father for help,” said Richard Ross, co-president of [link...
Jesús went on to screen at the San Sebastian International Film Festival and will receive its Us premiere at the Neighboring Voices Series held by the Film Society of the Lincoln Center in New York City.
Nicolás Durán stars alongside Pablo Larrain collaborator Alejandro Goic in the story of a Santiago teenager who gets involved in an incident that may tear him apart from his father, with whom he has a fraught relationship.
Breaking Glass CEO Richard Wolff and Amanda Rae Simon negotiated the deal with Premium Films CEO Jean-Charles Mille and Leslie Saussereau.
“Fernando Guzzoni has crafted an intense and unrelenting thriller about the strained relationship between a dysfunctional father and son, which implodes when the boy commits a heinous act and turns to his father for help,” said Richard Ross, co-president of [link...
- 1/23/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
When a few hundred films stop by the 41st Toronto International Film Festival, it’s certainly impossible to cover everything, but we were able to catch over 120 features — and, with that, it’s time to conclude our experience, following the festival’s own award winners. We’ve rounded up our top 20 films seen during the festival, followed by a list of the complete coverage.
Stay tuned over the next months (or years) as we bring updates on films as they make their way to screens. Note that we didn’t include films screened at other festivals in our “best of” round-up, but you can see Venice, Cannes, Berlin, and Sundance wrap-ups at those links, which feature some of the most-praised films of the festival, including La La Land, Arrival, Manchester by the Sea, Certain Women, Elle, Things to Come, Nocturnal Animals, and many more.
One can also click here for...
Stay tuned over the next months (or years) as we bring updates on films as they make their way to screens. Note that we didn’t include films screened at other festivals in our “best of” round-up, but you can see Venice, Cannes, Berlin, and Sundance wrap-ups at those links, which feature some of the most-praised films of the festival, including La La Land, Arrival, Manchester by the Sea, Certain Women, Elle, Things to Come, Nocturnal Animals, and many more.
One can also click here for...
- 9/19/2016
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Adolescent hijinks turn tragic on multiple fronts in Fernando Guzzoni‘s Jesús despite my not being sure there was going to be a solid point to the film until mid-way through. Everything previous merely sat as a slice of life for the titular character, a normal everyday Chilean punk named Jesús (Nicolás Durán) with too much autonomy and not enough direction. He’s practically raising himself after the death of his mother, Dad (Alejandro Goic‘s Héctor) constantly out of town working. So the eighteen-year old roams the streets dancing with a Korean Pop band for kicks, breaking into parks at night to drink and do whippits, or cruising for girls at parties to earn a blowjob. He means well most times, but his malleability when drunk inevitably spells trouble.
And it’s a good thing trouble comes — not for him, but the audience. Before then the only real action occurs off-screen,...
And it’s a good thing trouble comes — not for him, but the audience. Before then the only real action occurs off-screen,...
- 9/11/2016
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Stars: Nicolás Durán, Cristobal Tapia Montt, Ariel Levy, Luis Ginecco, Lorenza Izzo, Alessandra Guerzoni | Written and Directed by Guillermo Amoedo
“Blood will tear us apart.”
Eli Roth means many things to many people. Some see him as one of the saviours of modern horror. Some see him as a detriment to the genre. For me personally, I think he’s a fantastic director. Cabin Fever knew exactly what it was and had horrible things happening to purposefully unlikable characters. Hostel played a part in bringing shock and gore to the unprepared mainstream audience and Hostel 2 was in a lot of ways a love letter to Italian exploitation of the 70′s and 80′s. That being said, 2015 hasn’t been a good year for him in terms of directorial output. I was so excited for both The Green Inferno and Knock Knock, but found both films to be Roth at his worst.
“Blood will tear us apart.”
Eli Roth means many things to many people. Some see him as one of the saviours of modern horror. Some see him as a detriment to the genre. For me personally, I think he’s a fantastic director. Cabin Fever knew exactly what it was and had horrible things happening to purposefully unlikable characters. Hostel played a part in bringing shock and gore to the unprepared mainstream audience and Hostel 2 was in a lot of ways a love letter to Italian exploitation of the 70′s and 80′s. That being said, 2015 hasn’t been a good year for him in terms of directorial output. I was so excited for both The Green Inferno and Knock Knock, but found both films to be Roth at his worst.
- 11/10/2015
- by Mondo Squallido
- Nerdly
The Stranger comes to us as the latest vampire film to never admit it’s Actually a vampire film, because labeling yourself as a “vampire movie” just isn’t cool anymore. I’m sorry – if your character hates the sun, drinks blood and is immortal, he or she is a vampire. Deal with it.
While filmmaker Guillermo Amoedo proves to have a keen cinematic eye, this nightmarish infection thriller ends up being a big ol’ bowl of Meh. Presented by horror maestro Eli Roth, this Chilean thriller does have the atmospheric chills of a good mysterious-drifter-fueled caper, but some transitional techniques struggle to make Amoedo’s work flow seamlessly for international audiences. It’s a shame when audio dubbing reflects negatively on a cinematic watch, and while it’s something we try to ignore, one can’t help but be taken out of the fantasy on screen by voices that clearly don’t belong.
While filmmaker Guillermo Amoedo proves to have a keen cinematic eye, this nightmarish infection thriller ends up being a big ol’ bowl of Meh. Presented by horror maestro Eli Roth, this Chilean thriller does have the atmospheric chills of a good mysterious-drifter-fueled caper, but some transitional techniques struggle to make Amoedo’s work flow seamlessly for international audiences. It’s a shame when audio dubbing reflects negatively on a cinematic watch, and while it’s something we try to ignore, one can’t help but be taken out of the fantasy on screen by voices that clearly don’t belong.
- 6/16/2015
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
Genre specialist Raven Banner has secured Canadian rights to Eli Roth Presents The Stranger, winner of the 2014 Fantastic Fest and Sitges Best Iberoamerican Film Award.
Guillermo Amoedo wrote and directed the film about a mysterious man who travels to a small Canadian town looking for his wife and walks into a bloodbath.
Lorenza Izzo, Aaron Burns, Ariel Levy, Nicolás Durán, Cristobal Tapia-Mont and Louis Gniecho star.
Miguel Asensio, Nicolás López and Roth produced The Stranger while Cassian Elwes served as executive producer.
Guillermo Amoedo wrote and directed the film about a mysterious man who travels to a small Canadian town looking for his wife and walks into a bloodbath.
Lorenza Izzo, Aaron Burns, Ariel Levy, Nicolás Durán, Cristobal Tapia-Mont and Louis Gniecho star.
Miguel Asensio, Nicolás López and Roth produced The Stranger while Cassian Elwes served as executive producer.
- 2/9/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Guillermo Amoedo wrote and directed the film, which premiered at fantastic Fest 2014
IFC Midnight announced the acquisition of the U.S. rights to “Eli Roth Presents ‘The Stranger,'” which premiered at the 2014 Fantastic Fest.
Guillermo Amoedo wrote and directed the violent genre film, which centers around a mysterious man who travels to a small Canadian town looking for his wife and instead finds a bloodbath.
Lorenza Izzo, Aaron Burns, Ariel Levy, Nicolás Durán, Cristobal Tapia-Mont and Louis Gniecho star in “The Stranger,” which was produced by Miguel Asensio, Nicolás López and Eli Roth and executive produced by Cassian Elwes.
IFC Midnight announced the acquisition of the U.S. rights to “Eli Roth Presents ‘The Stranger,'” which premiered at the 2014 Fantastic Fest.
Guillermo Amoedo wrote and directed the violent genre film, which centers around a mysterious man who travels to a small Canadian town looking for his wife and instead finds a bloodbath.
Lorenza Izzo, Aaron Burns, Ariel Levy, Nicolás Durán, Cristobal Tapia-Mont and Louis Gniecho star in “The Stranger,” which was produced by Miguel Asensio, Nicolás López and Eli Roth and executive produced by Cassian Elwes.
- 1/21/2015
- by Travis Reilly
- The Wrap
The Us rights deal for Guillermo Amoedo’s ‘Chilewood’ genre film Eli Roth Presents The Stranger follows the recent world premiere at Fantastic Fest.
Chilean film-maker Amoedo wrote and directed. He previously collaborated as co-writer on the Chilewood titles Knock Knock, Green Inferno and Aftershock.
Lorenza Izzo, Aaron Burns, Ariel Levy, Nicolás Durán, Cristobal Tapia-Mont and Louis Gniecho star and Miguel Asensio, Nicolás López and Roth produced.
The story, funded by the Chilean government and shot in 2013, follows a mysterious man who arrives in a small Canadian town seeking his wife.
IFC brokered the deal with Cassian Elwes, who served as executive producer on The Stranger.
Chilean film-maker Amoedo wrote and directed. He previously collaborated as co-writer on the Chilewood titles Knock Knock, Green Inferno and Aftershock.
Lorenza Izzo, Aaron Burns, Ariel Levy, Nicolás Durán, Cristobal Tapia-Mont and Louis Gniecho star and Miguel Asensio, Nicolás López and Roth produced.
The story, funded by the Chilean government and shot in 2013, follows a mysterious man who arrives in a small Canadian town seeking his wife.
IFC brokered the deal with Cassian Elwes, who served as executive producer on The Stranger.
- 1/21/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Eli Roth's The Stranger will have its World Premiere in Austin, Texas, at Fantastic Fest. The fun kicks off September 19th, 2014. Directed by Guillermo Amoedo, the scriptwriter of Aftershock (2012), The Stranger is a surreal tale of one man searching for his father. This mysterious tale stars Luis Gnecco ("Narcos"), Lorenza Izzo, Ariel Levy, and Aaron Burns. The film's first blood-soaked trailer is here. The story begins with Peter. Peter (Nicolás Durán) was raised without a father. But, Peter seeks him out anyways. Now, Peter must deal with a man, who is part monster and part something else. And, this creature is hell-bent on destroying Peter's hometown and his ambitions of a reunion. The trailer for The Stranger is all over the place. The clip shows snippets of bloodied characters and others undergoing hospital treatment. But, what is going on? Story details are few in this disturbing trailer, which horror fans can find below.
- 9/18/2014
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
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