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Chile Heads to Cannes: Sebastian Lelio, Diego Céspedes, Nicolás Acuña, Julio Rojas, Present Latest Buzz Titles
Chilean producers to showcase an ambitious slate of top-tier film, TV offerings.
The country’s a proving ground for cross-industry talent, set to converge at this year’s fest with illustrator Alberto Montt designing the delegation’s stand, and musician Javiera Parra on-site performing songs from Sebastián Lelio’s Cannes Premiere title “The Wave.” It’s 90s rural Chile, and Margarita and her peer Cucho hawk cell phones while wryly maneuvering personal and professional hurdles amidst a slew of communication mishaps, as irony ensues en route to connection. An anticipated true crime series that explores the assassination of Pinochet adversary Orlando Letelier, unmasking a clandestine conspiracy network, penned by Julio Rojas (“Case 63”) and produced by La Ventana Cine (“Chicago Boys”).
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