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Navidad - Manuela Martelli In Person

Chile / France, 2009
Duration: 
1:40

Spanish with English subtitles.

Director: Sebastián Lelio Producers: Úrsula Budnik, Pablo Mehler, Guillaume Benski Writers: Sebastián Lelio, Gonzalo Maza Cinematographer: Benjamin Echazarreta
Editors: Sebastián Lelio, Soledad Salfate Production Design: Rodrigo Bazaes Music: Cristobal Carvajal Cast: Manuela Martelli, Diego Ruíz, Alicia Rodríguez

Navidad is the second feature film by Sebastián Lelio, the award-winning director of Gloria.

It is Christmas Eve in Santiago de Chile. Two teenagers fed up with their families run off to the countryside and break into an abandoned house, which once belonged to the family of Aurora (Manuela Martelli). In this deserted home, at the foot of the Andean mountains, the tensions between them explode, and just as they are about to leave, something unexpected occurs: they find a young woman passed out in the shed. An intense relationship develops among the three teenagers as they grapple with jealousy, family issues and the existential questions of youth.

The film draws energy from the charm and acting skills of its minimal three-person cast, of whom Manuela Martelli stands out as Aurora, the most experienced and confident of the trio.
Jonathan Romney, Screen Daily

Es Navidad en Santiago de Chile y una pareja de adolescentes con diversos problemas en sus casas terminarán pasando juntos esta noche. Ese día, él decide en unirse a ella en la búsqueda de objetos y recuerdos en la casa de su padre fallecido, antes de que sea ocupada por sus nuevos dueños. En este lugar, a los pies de las montañas de los Andes en los alrededores de Santiago, la crisis que están viviendo como pareja puede explotar. Cuando la situación parece destinada a un final sin salida, algo inesperado ocurre: encuentran a un intruso en la casa. Sebastián Lelio (director de la aclamada película Gloria) logra en Navidad un dramatismo profundo de la juventud chilena, donde la fuerza de la actuación recae en gran parte en el trabajo de Manuela Martelli.

03-Sep-2014
6:45 pm|The Cinematheque (CIN)
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Sebastián Lelio (b. 1974, Chile) is the director of the award-winning film Gloria (2013), as well as La sagrada familia (2005) and El año del tigre (2011). He participated in the Résidence du Festival at Cannes and was distinguished with the Guggenheim Scholarship. Navidad premiered at the Directors' Fortnight in Cannes in 2009.