Arts & CultureSaturday, December 5
GALA Film Fest: Chile
Saturday, December 5 · 2-4 p.m. · GALA Hispanic Theatre
- When
- Saturday, December 5 · 2-4 p.m.
- Where
- GALA Hispanic Theatre3333 14th Street Northwest · Washington, DC · 20010
About this event
CHILE: Saturday, December 5 | Sábado, 5 de diciembre - 2 pm
A HEART AS WILLING / LA CORAZONADA
Diego Soto, Chile, 2025, 78 min. - COMEDY DC Premiere. In Spanish with English subtitles
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Nieves runs a modest inn with her son in the Chilean countryside, leading a quiet life shaped by routine and deferred dreams. When a wandering motorcyclist arrives and falls for her, the prospect of a late-blooming romance offers an unexpected glimpse of happiness – yet their relationship seems destined to falter. Everything changes with the arrival of a filmmaker who casts them in her adaptation of Shakespeare’s “The Tempest”, drawing them into the creative process and gradually blurring the boundaries between performance and reality. As fiction begins to reshape their everyday lives, new emotional possibilities emerge in this playful and deeply human meditation on love, aging, cinema, and the mysterious ways stories transform those who inhabit them. "A luminous comedy." — El Agente Cine "Dazzles in its simplicity… A distinctive and powerful charm grounded in reality." — Bitácora de Cine
Nieves y su hijo administran un modesto hotel en el campo chileno y viven una vida tranquila, marcada por la rutina y sueños pospuestos. Cuando un motociclista nómada llega al pueblo y se enamora de ella, la posibilidad de un romance le ofrece un destello de felicidad a Nieves, aunque su relación pareciera estar destinada a fallar. Todo cambia con la llegada de una cineasta que acepta a la pareja como parte del elenco de su adaptación de la obra de Shakespeare, "La tempestad", incluyéndolos en el proceso creativo y gradualmente eliminando la línea entre actuación y realidad. Al tiempo que la ficción empieza a moldear su vida diaria, nuevas posibilidades emocionales emergen en esta profunda meditación sobre el amor, el envejecimiento, el cine y la misteriosa forma en que las historias transforman a quienes las habitan.
Listed by Meetup: Washington, DC, gathered by the Bowie events calendar.