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The Future - Manuela Martelli In Person

(Il futuro)
Chile / Italy, 2013
Duration: 
1:35

Italian with English subtitles.

Director: Alicia Scherson Producers: Bruno Bettati, Christoph Friedel, Mario Mazzarotto, Claudia Steffen, Emanuele Nespeca, Luis Angel Ramirez, Alvaro Alonso Writer: Alicia Scherson (based on the novel Una novelita lumpen by Roberto Bolaño) Cinematographer: Ricardo De Angelis Editors: Soledad Salfate, Ana Alvarez Ossorio Music: Caroline Chaspoul, Eduardo Henríquez Cast: Manuela Martelli, Rutger Hauer, Luigi Ciardo, Alessandro Giallocosta, Nicolas Vaporidis

When the car accident happens, Bianca is just starting to smoke and Tomas is still a virgin. The two siblings are left alone, two orphans adrift in the faded splendor of Rome. Life loses its shape as they get lost in the back alleys of adulthood, until Bianca encounters Maciste, a retired Mr. Universe, and enters his dark mansion in search of a future. This exquisitely photographed film captures all the rich colours of grief and the uncertainty of youth. Suspenseful, erotic and literary, the film is true to the spirit of Roberto Bolaño (who is best known as the author of The Savage Detectives).

Unfolding with the sleepiness of stunned grief, this impressionistic adaptation of Roberto Bolaño’s novel Una novelita lumpen presents loss as an urgent need for protection. Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times

Cuando ocurre el accidente Bianca está empezando a fumar y Tomás aun es virgen. Sus padres mueren y ellos se quedan solos; dos huérfanos a la deriva en la periferia de Roma. La vida pierde su forma mientras los hermanos recorren los peligrosos callejones del mundo adulto hasta que Bianca encuentra Maciste, un Mr Universo retirado, y entra en su mansión oscura en busca de un futuro.  

Hay varias vías de entrada a esta sensible adaptación de Una novelita lumpen –primera vez que se lleva al cine la obra de Roberto Bolaño–, y una puede ser esa escenografía poco turística en la que se atisba la ruina europea, pero la más irresistible es la que viene por el lado del morbo y las escenas del cuerpo desnudo y aceitado de una querida habitante del cine indie latinoamericano (Manuela Martelli), apretado al de ese mito viviente de un cine no tan lejano que es el regresado Rutger Hauer. Mariano Kairuz

Quando i suoi genitori muoiono in un incidente automobilistico, il mondo della giovanissima Bianca è sottosopra. Rimasta sola nell’appartamento di famiglia a Roma e dovendo accudire il fratello minore, Tomas, lotta per tenere unito quello che resta, mentre il suo posto nel suo nuovo mondo surreale inizia ad offuscarsi. La vita si complica ulteriormente quando gli amici palestrati di Tomas si autoinvitano a restare da loro a tempo indeterminato. Usando Bianca come esca per una truffa che hanno escogitato, la convincono ad iniziare una relazione sessuale con un enigmatico eremita cieco, Maciste, interpretato da Rutger Hauer. Ma trascorrendo del tempo insieme, inaspettatamente Bianca trova normalità e accettazione nell’invecchiata star di film di serie B ed nella casa roccocò dell’ex Mr Universo.

03-Sep-2014
9:00 pm|The Cinematheque (CIN)
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Alicia Scherson (b. 1974, Santiago de Chile) is a screenwriter and director. After graduating in biology, she studied filmmaking at EICTV in Cuba. She has made three award-winning feature films: Play (2005), Turistas (2009), and Il Futuro (2013). Il Futuro premiered at Sundance and received the Best Actress and Best Director awards in Huelva, Spain

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