The Costa Rican film will be presented in the Panorama section.
The Costa Rican film Memories of a body that burnsdirected by Antonella Sudasassi Furnisswill have its world premiere at the prestigious Berlin International Film Festival.
The work portrays the story of Ana, Patricia and Mayela, who, educated in a repressive era where sexuality was taboo, found the meaning of femininity through unspoken rules and implicit impositions. Now, their brave voices are embodied in a single 65-year-old woman, played by actress Sol Carballowhich revisits a kaleidoscopic life that intertwines memories, secrets and hidden desires.
“This movie is the conversation I never had with my grandmothers. For me, understanding the history of these women is understanding my present, understanding my place in the world, how and why we got here. It is an ode to the women creators of the universe, who gave birth to us, who took care of us, who invited us to question so that today things are different for us.”Sudasassi explained.
In addition to Carballo, the film has the participation of the actresses Paulina Bernini y Juliana Filloy in the leading roles. They also participate Liliana Biamonte, Juan Luis Araya, Leonardo Perucci, Cecilia Garcia y Teo Yuja.
The premiere will be in the section Panorama, a favorite of the public that takes the pulse of contemporary cinema and invites you to see films from a different perspective. The film will compete for public awardone of the most important awards of the festival.
The Berlinale, as the event is also known, will take place from February 15 to 25 in Berlin, Germany.
This is the second time that a Sudasassi film premieres at this festival. His previous tape The awakening of the ants premiered there in 2019. The work later became the first Central American film to be nominated for the Goya Awards and the first Costa Rican to win in the PPlatinum awards.
Antonella Sudasassi Furniss directed the film.
The film Memories of a body that burns It was filmed in a single location in Vasconia neighborhood in San Jose. It is a co-production between the Costa Rican production company Substance Films and the Spanish PlayLab Films. Received the national fund The faun, Ibermedia and had funds from Catalan Institute of Cultural Companies (ICEC).
“Premiering the film at the Berlinale is a great recognition of the work of the entire team. It also highlights our country and makes visible our culture and audiovisual industry, which, thanks to the work of committed people as well as continuous state support, has grown exponentially in recent years. We are very excited to meet the public. We hope this is the beginning of a long journey”, commented the producer of the feature film, Manrique Cortes.
Memoirs of a Burning Body is scheduled to be released in theaters in Costa Rica between the months of June and August 2024.
2024-01-18 06:53:02
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