Synopsis

1984. Lidia (11) lives in a secluded Chilean mining town with her two gay brothers, long-legged like flamingos. The town is being plagued by an unknown disease that has already killed many men, and is said to be transmitted through eye contact, when a man falls in love with another.

Technical information

Country / state Chile

Estimated Budget US$ 720.000,00

Amount Raised US$ 0,00

Contact diego.cespedes@ug.uchile.cl

Selected project in the BrLab, 2019

Production Company

Rampante Films

The company’s productions include César Acevedo's La Tierra y la sombra, which premiered in 2015 at the Cannes Film Festival Critics' Week; Fernando Guzzoni's Jesús, Caméra d'Or winner at the Discovery Section of the Toronto Festival and screened at the Official Section of the San Sebastián Festival; Los Versos del olvido by Alireza Khatami, screened at the Orizzonti Section of the Venice Festival and awarded Best Screenplay; and Martín Rodríguez Redondo’s Marilyn, screened at the Panorama Section of Berlinale. Recent productions include Blanco en blanco by Theo Court, which premiered at the Orizzonti Section of the 2019 Venice Film Festival; María Paz González's Lina de Lima, which premiered at the Discovery Section of the Toronto Film Festival; and Felipe Ríos's El Hombre del futuro, which premiered worldwide at the Karlovy Vary Festival.