Rara
2016 · Chile, Argentina · 90 min
- Director
- Pepa San Martín
- Screenplay
- Alicia Scherson, Pepa San Martín
- Editing
- Soledad Salfate
Awards: Crystal Bear
What the critics say
100 % Rotten Tomatoes positive reviewsCast
What it is about
Sara is thirteen and deals with the usual pressures of adolescence: boys, trouble at school, and a secret she has not yet found the courage to share with her best friend. At home, her parents are constantly arguing. Sara takes in stride the fact that her mother lives with another woman, something her father does not accept. The film follows her everyday life with a close, unhurried gaze.
How it was made
It is the first feature film produced by Manufactura de Películas, a Santiago-based company, and it was co-produced by Le Tiro Cine from Buenos Aires. Pepa San Martín directed from a screenplay written with Alicia Scherson. Julia Lübbert and Mariana Loyola lead the cast, alongside Sigrid Alegría, Coca Guazzini, Nicolás Vigneaux, Daniel Muñoz and Agustina Muñoz. Soledad Salfate edited the film.
Reception and legacy
In 2016 the film won the Jury Prize at the Berlin International Film Festival, which its database entry also lists as the Golden Bear, and a Horizontes Latinos Award at the San Sebastián Film Festival that same year. It belongs to a strand of Chilean LGBT cinema built around coming-of-age stories, and its focus is firmly on adolescence.
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