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Dear Silvia

2021 · 25 min

A quiet, intimate meditation on exile and memory, unfolding through letters read aloud with gentle melancholy.

Directed by
José de la Maza
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Eugenia Guzmán, Norma Norma Ortiz, Patricio Guzmán Campos
Overview
Photographer Patricio Guzmán Campos has died in exile. Silvia edited his retrospective book a few years ago and after learning about Patricio's death, she sits down to read again the letters he sent her, in which he reveals the feelings and reflections provoked by facing his photography during the process of making the book, where he sees a place that has been taken away from him, but which he tries to hold on to through his memories.

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Directed by
José de la Maza
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Eugenia Guzmán, Norma Norma Ortiz, Patricio Guzmán Campos
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • memory
  • isolation
  • grief
  • identity
  • art
Places
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror0
Humour1
Realism9
Romance2
Tension2
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Genres
documentary
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
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Cinematography
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Runtime
25 min
Country
Chile
Languages
Spanish

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