DIRECTOR: Maite Alberdi
STARRING: Elisa Zulueta, Francisca Lewin, Gabriel Canas, Gabriel Urzua
RUNNING TIME: 1 hr 34 minutes
LANGUAGE: Spanish
In Chile, in 1955, it's the case of Maria Carolina Geel, a popular writer who murders her lover and captivates Mercedes, a shy secretary working for the judge assigned to defend the accused.
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Maite Alberdi has been nominated for two Oscars for The Mole Agent and The Eternal Memory. Her latest film, In Her Place, is the Chilean entry for the Oscars and it's a film adaptation of “Las Homicidas,” an essay by the Chilean writer Alia Trabucco Zerán. Director Maite Alberdi delves into the true story of María Carolina Geel, a national writer who shot and killed her lover at the Crillon Hotel in 1955. The film will be available in theatres in Chile in September. It will also compete at the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival and will arrive on Netflix on October 11.
Regarding this selection, the Minister of Cultures, Arts and Heritage, Carolina Arredondo, highlighted that “it is very gratifying to see how local talent is established and continues to gain international ground, especially when this goes hand in hand with teams led by women."
The film was produced by Fabula, with Rocio Jadue, Maite Alberdi, Juan de Dios Larrain and Pablo Larrain.
In Her Place is a crime drama and it was filmed in Santiago, Chile.
To check out all previous submissions for Chile, click HERE.
STARRING: Elisa Zulueta, Francisca Lewin, Gabriel Canas, Gabriel Urzua
RUNNING TIME: 1 hr 34 minutes
LANGUAGE: Spanish
In Chile, in 1955, it's the case of Maria Carolina Geel, a popular writer who murders her lover and captivates Mercedes, a shy secretary working for the judge assigned to defend the accused.
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Maite Alberdi has been nominated for two Oscars for The Mole Agent and The Eternal Memory. Her latest film, In Her Place, is the Chilean entry for the Oscars and it's a film adaptation of “Las Homicidas,” an essay by the Chilean writer Alia Trabucco Zerán. Director Maite Alberdi delves into the true story of María Carolina Geel, a national writer who shot and killed her lover at the Crillon Hotel in 1955. The film will be available in theatres in Chile in September. It will also compete at the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival and will arrive on Netflix on October 11.
Regarding this selection, the Minister of Cultures, Arts and Heritage, Carolina Arredondo, highlighted that “it is very gratifying to see how local talent is established and continues to gain international ground, especially when this goes hand in hand with teams led by women."
The film was produced by Fabula, with Rocio Jadue, Maite Alberdi, Juan de Dios Larrain and Pablo Larrain.
In Her Place is a crime drama and it was filmed in Santiago, Chile.
To check out all previous submissions for Chile, click HERE.
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