Mis hermanos sueñan despiertos
Forested hills rise up beyond the high, thick wall separating Ángel and his little brother Franco from the outside world. They have seen their lawyer only once in the year since they have been locked away in a youth detention centre; a court date has yet to be set. In a world that by and large seems to have forgotten that they exist at all, the two brothers and their fellow prisoners dream about life after prison. The arrival of a rebellious young man raises hopes of an escape.
In her film, based on true events and awarded three times at the Guadalajara Film Festival, director Claudia Huaiquimilla exposes how a failing justice system deprives vulnerable young people of a future. She presents her social indictment in a sensitive sketch of prison life, in which repression, tensions and mutual solidarity constantly alternate. With a cast of talented young actors plus a splendid role by Paulina García (from Sebastian Lelio's Gloria).
Pre-films:
Primavera lacrimogena
Pablo Carrasco, Alvaro Sierro, Diego Contreras | Chile | 2019 | 9’ | Spanish spoken | English subtitles
A single day in Plaza Baquedano, centre stage of the civil uprising in Chile, seen from above a week after protests began.
Una historia de amor imposible
Javier Alonso | Chile | 2021 | 25’ | Spanish spoken | English subtitles
Esteban, a young punk, is killed in the night. However, shortly after hearing of the punk’s death, 16 year-old Miguel sees visions of Esteban leading him to discover a tumultuous life lived fiercly in spite of a vicious masculine culture.
CLAUDIA HUAIQUIMILLA (1987, Chile) is a Mapuche director, scriptwriter and producer. Her first short, San Juan, was awarded at Clermont Ferrand and her first feature, Mala Junta, won 40 awards. Mis hermanos sueñan despiertos is her second feature and won Best Feature and Best Actor at Guadalajara, as well as Best Film and the Audience Award at Toulouse Latin America Film Festival.
