La Perra

A quiet, windswept character study that slowly tightens around grief and memory, offering tenderness before unease.

Directed by

Dominga Sotomayor

Genres

Drama

Starring

Manuela Oyarzún, David Gaete, Selton Mello

Overview

On a remote, wind-lashed island off the Chilean coast, Silvia earns her living harvesting seaweed and shares a quiet life with her partner. When she adopts a stray puppy, Yuri, her days fill with joy, love, and a tenderness that stirs a long-suppressed longing for motherhood. But Yuri’s sudden disappearance reawakens a haunting childhood trauma, forcing Silvia to confront a past she has never truly left behind.

How it feels

Melancholic, tense, warm and bleak. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Grief, trauma, isolation, parenthood

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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