SYNOPSIS

Chile, 1976. Carmen heads off to her beach house to supervise its renovation. Her husband, children and grandchildren come back and forth during the winter vacation. When the family priest asks her to take care of a young man he is sheltering in secret, Carmen steps onto unexplored territories, away from the quiet life she is used to.

Original title: 1976 Country: Chile, Argentina, Qatar Production Year: 2022 Lenght: 95min

CAST

Aline Kuppenheim, Nicolás Sepúlveda, Hugo Medina, Alejandro Goic

CREW

Director: Manuela Martelli Screenwriters: Manuela Martelli, Alejandra Moffat DOP: Yarará Rodríguez, A.D.F Art director: Francisca Correa Editor: Camila Mercadal Sound Designer: Jesica Suárez Costume Designer: Pilar Calderón Producers: Omar Zúñiga, Dominga Sotomayor (Cinestación), Alejandra García, Andrés Wood (Wood Producciones) Co-Producers: Nathalia Videla Peña, Juan Pablo Gugliotta (Magma Cine) World sales: Luxbox

Festivals

Cannes Directors' Fortnight (2022)

Brussels International Film Festival (2022) - International Competition

Jerusalem International Film Festival - Debuts Section - Best First Feature Film Award

Melbourne International Film Festival - Official Competition

Cine de Lima (PUCP) - Official Competition

San Sebastian Film Festival - Horizontes Latinos

World Cinema Amsterdam Film Festival - Official Competition

BFI London Film Festival (2022) - First Feature Competition - Sutherland Award Winner

Chicago International Film Festival (2022) - Snapshots

Tokyo International Film Festival (2022) - Official Competition - Award for Best Actress

FILMOGRAPHY

2015 - Marea de tierra (Land Tides). Chile - France, 13 min. Co-written and co-directed with Amirah Tajdin. Produced by Chile Factory, a program from Cannes Director’s Fortnight.

Director’s Fortnight, 2015

New York Film Festival NYFF International Shorts USA 2015

Sundance Film Festival, Official Short film selection, EEUU 2016

Festival de Cine de La Habana, Short film selection, CUBA 2016

2014 - Apnea. Chile - United States, 7 min.

Valdivia International Film Festival Short Films Competition CHILE 2014

BAFICI, Panorama, Buenos Aires ARGENTINA 2015

Cinelatino Toulouse, Short Films Competition FRANCE 2015

Manuela Martelli

Filmmaker/Screenwriter

Manuela has participated in more than 15 films as an actress. On 2010, she received a Fulbright to pursue a Masters in Film at Temple University, U.S.A. APNEA, her first short film premiered at FICValdivia, 2014. She was also selected by Cannes Directors Fortnight’s program Chile Factory to co-direct a short film with Amirah Tajdin, called LAND TIDES, which premiered at the Fortnight in 2015. She is currently premiering the debut film 1976.

Carmen’s story is thus a truly female story, told by Martelli and other women with an understanding of its emotions that a male director could never achieve

The blend of character study, Hitchcockian intrigue and an excellent central performance from Aline Kuppenheim makes for a tensely involving tale

An absorbing drama