Ana’s Journey
Pamela VARELA
- Chile, France
- 2014
- 85min
- HD
- color
Synopsis
In 1936, after the death of the Chilean poet Francisco Contreras, his French wife, Andrea de Alphonse, left for Chile. In El Turco, close to Cartagena, she lived amidst her shimmering collection of agate in utter destitution, nurturing the hope of seeing her husband’s work recognized. Ana, an artist and photographer living in the South of France, decides to make a portrait of Andrea following her footsteps from France to Chile. Throughout this journey, her fate will shift.
Review
Director
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Pamela VARELA
Originally from Chile, Pamela VARELA graduated from ESEC in Paris. She’s been assistant director t o Mathieu AMALRIC, Arnaud DESPLECHIN or Lech KOWALSKI on features. She produced ChengChui Kuo’s Séance Familiale(Family Viewing)(2008, 28’), which toured international festivals and won the Audience Prize in ClermontFerrand, the Grand Prix in Brest and was nominated for a César in 2010. She works as a writer, director and producer on documentaries, video installations and fiction shorts. She works on the question of identity and explores the relationship to the personal and family memory. Ana’s Journey (2014) Passeurs (2014) Souffre ! (2012) Las Sasons (2008)
Credit
- ProducerPamela VARELA, Estelle FIALON
- Cast Gabriela MURIEL, Maritza GONZALEZ, Jaime VARGAS, Hector ESCALANTE, Silvio CANIHUANTE, Luis Contreras JARA
- Screenwriter Pamela VARELA
- Cinematography Emmanuel TROUSSE, Cristobal PORTALUPPI, Pamela VARELA
- Editor Pamela VARELA, Thomas GLASER, Yannis POLINACCI
- Music Yannis PLASTIRAS
- Sound Maxime DELPORTE, Sergio HENRIQUEZ, Carlos SANCHEZ, Sebastian ARJONA
Contact
Contact Les Films du Poisson
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E-mail documentaire@filmsdupoisson.com