The 27th “Reel” Latin American Film Festival
S T R E A M for F R E E (Credentials needed)
I am from Chile
Director: Gonzalo Díaz Ugarte, Chile, 2013
Length: 108 minutes
Pragda's info on the film:
https://pragda.com/film/i-am-from-chile/
Watch this film between 10/24/2020 and 10/30/2020.
Access to the film will be available during this time period only.
Credentials needed
led by Dr. Tricia Gray, University of Louisville
ASL Interpreting Services available
A coming of age story, I Am From Chile draws from the director’s personal experiences to tell a different kind of immigration story.
I Am from Chile is the story of Salvador, who moves to London from Chile to study English and travel around Europe at his parents’ expense. He stays with his aunt María (acclaimed Chilean actress Paulina García of Gloria, Illiterate), who makes a rather decent living renting the rooms of her house to other immigrants. But when a financial crisis back home leaves Salvador with no resources of his own, he has no other choice but to make ends meet with the help of María and his roommates (including a Russian drug dealer and his Japanese girlfriend), taking on a series of short-term, and at times, dangerous jobs. Difficult and challenging situations will force Salvador out of his protected bourgeois reality and into the real world. Synopsis Taken from the Pragda Film Festival site.
I Am from Chile is the story of Salvador, who moves to London from Chile to study English and travel around Europe at his parents’ expense. He stays with his aunt María (acclaimed Chilean actress Paulina García of Gloria, Illiterate), who makes a rather decent living renting the rooms of her house to other immigrants. But when a financial crisis back home leaves Salvador with no resources of his own, he has no other choice but to make ends meet with the help of María and his roommates (including a Russian drug dealer and his Japanese girlfriend), taking on a series of short-term, and at times, dangerous jobs. Difficult and challenging situations will force Salvador out of his protected bourgeois reality and into the real world. Synopsis Taken from the Pragda Film Festival site.
Una historia de iniciación, Soy de Chile se basa en las experiencias personales del director para contarnos una historia diferente de inmigración Soy de Chile es la historia de Salvador, que se muda a Londres desde Chile para estudiar inglés y viajar por Europa mientras sus padres pagan las cuentas. Se hospeda con su tía María (la aclamada actriz chilena Paulina García de la película Gloria y Las analfabetas) que gana suficiente dinero alquilando cuartos en su casa a otros inmigrantes. Pero cuando una crisis financiera en casa lo deja a Salvador sin recursos propios el no tiene otra opción excepto ganarse la vida con la ayuda de María y sus compañeros de cuarto (incluyendo un ruso vendedor de drogas y su novia japonesa) haciendo un montón de trabajos informales, algunos de ellos peligrosos, en ocasiones.
Las dificultades y desafiantes situaciones fuerzan a Salvador a salir de su privilegiada realidad burguesa e inmiscuirse en el mundo real.
Las dificultades y desafiantes situaciones fuerzan a Salvador a salir de su privilegiada realidad burguesa e inmiscuirse en el mundo real.