La Francisca, a Chilean Youth

A quiet, sun-bleached slow burn that sits with a young woman's restlessness and dread as a fragile hope slowly curdles.

Directed by

Rodrigo Litorriaga

Genres

Drama

Starring

Javiera Gallardo, Aatos Flores, Francisco Ossa

Overview

Francisca is a 20-year-old young girl who lives in Tocopilla, a small town in the North of Chile, found between the Atacama desert and the Pacific Ocean. She dreams to leave but she has an 8-year-old brother, Diego, which is imprisoned in a deep mutism. When Fernando, the Diego new’s teacher, offers to apply some new pedagogical initiatives aimed at helping him, Francisca decides to take the chance and agrees, without imagining she bogs in an irreversible issue.

How it feels

Melancholic, tense, earnest and dark. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Isolation, family, coming-of-age, trauma

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

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

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