Play (2005 film)

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Directed by Alicia Scherson
Written byAlicia Scherson
CinematographyRicardo de Angelis
Music byJoseph Costa
Marc Hellner
Running time
100 minutes
CountriesChile
Argentina
France
LanguageSpanish

Play is a 2005 Chilean-Argentine-French drama film directed by Alicia Scherson. It was selected as the Chilean entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 78th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist. [1]

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Plot

This movie shows the events that happen to Cristina, a young Mapuche woman who works as a caretaker for an elderly man in Santiago, Chile, where she lives. One day, she runs into Tristán, a close friend who has just lost a suitcase and is in a state of shock. The movie begins with a proverb that says, "They were hard times, but modern."

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References

  1. ""Play" aspira al Oscar y "Mi mejor enemigo" a los premios Goya". Emol (in Spanish). 28 September 2005. Retrieved 11 September 2019.