The Melting Creatures
Program:
International Competition
Year:
2022
Country:
Chile, France
Genre:
Fiction
Duration:
16ʼ
Nataly, a trans woman, is visiting her former lover Leon with her daughter Secreto in a mysterious reclusive community hiding from the Sun. These reunions will bring back the memory of a toxic and abusive relationship to Nataly.
Diego Céspedes
Diego Céspedes is a Chilean filmmaker. Born in 1995, he wrote and directed his first short, "The Summer of the Electric Lion" in 2018, which won the Cinéfondation First Prize at Cannes Film Festival and the Nest First Prize at San Sebastian Film Festival. His first short film produced with Les Valseurs, “The melting creatures”, had its premiere at Cannes’ Semaine de la critique in 2022.
Filmography: The Summer of the Electric Lion (2018), The Melting Creatures (2022)
Creative team
Director
Diego Céspedes
Screenplay
Diego Céspedes
Camera
Inti Briones
Editing
Jérôme Breau, Nadia Martinez
Production design
Bernardita Baeza
Sound Design
Jesus Casanueva
Producer
Justin Pechberty, Giancarlo Nasi, Damien Megherbi, Rodrigo Diaz
Production
Les Valseurs, Quijote Films
World sales company
Les Valseurs, Quijote Films
Cast
Paula Dinamarca, Rafaella Capote, Daniel Antivillo
Offline film schedule
23.10 |
20:00
Zhovten Cinema | Hegemon
24.10 |
15:00
Zhovten Cinema | Anschlag
