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‘In Her Place’ Review: Chile’s Oscar Entry Is A Delightfully Skittish Take On A Strange But True Crime Story – San Sebastian Film Festival
‘In Her Place’ review: Chile's Oscar entry is a delightfully skittish take on a strange but true crime story – San Sebastian Film Festival
Serge Armstrong’s velvety cinematography and Pamela Chamorro’s elaborate art design are very much of a piece with classic period films, with a color palette and a level of set detail that never fail to remind us that this is a portrait of very history itself. In fact, it is didactic, in the way Mercedes’ sons teasingly call her “the lawyer”, which is only a joke because the very idea is impossible; the way that her boss lunches at a club where women are not allowed past the front door; the way that those dirty dishes are always waiting for her when she gets home from work — not to mention the prurient hunger among the public for any tidbits about the scandalous murderess. Title: In Her Place Festival: San Sebastian (Competition) Distributor: Netflix Director: Maite Alberdi Screenwriters: Inés Bortagaray, Paloma Salas Cast: Elisa Zulueta, Francisca Lewin, Marcial Tagle, Pablo Macaya, Gabriel Urzúa Running time: 1 hr 35 mins
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