Much Ado About Nothing (2016 film)
| Much Ado About Nothing | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Alejandro Fernández Almendras |
| Written by | Alejandro Fernández Almendras |
| Starring | Agustín Silva Paulina García Daniel Alcaíno Alejandro Goic Luis Gnecco Augusto Schuster |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | Chile |
| Language | Spanish |
Much Ado About Nothing (Template:Lang-es) is a 2016 Chilean drama film directed by Alejandro Fernández Almendras. It was shown in the Panorama section at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival.[1]
It was inspired by a real-life political scandal in Chile. In 2013, Martín Larraín, son of Senator Carlos Larraín (then-president of the right-wing party Renovación Nacional), was acquitted after killing a man in a DUI hit and run while his friends took the fall.[2]
Plot
Vicente, who resides in Los Angeles, returns to Chile to spend his summer at his parents' beach house. He is a reckless and somewhat solitary young man. However, one of those typical nights of pursuing girls and having drinks alters his life forever; he becomes the prime suspect in a hit-and-run accident that results in the death of a local fisherman. "I wasn't the one driving," he insists, but his memories are muddled. He does recall being in the car and that the driver was the son of a powerful politician.
Cast
- Agustín Silva as Vicente "Vicho" Maldonado
- Samuel Landea as Manuel Larrea
- Paulina García as Roxana
- Alejandro Goic as Uncle Julio
- Daniel Alcaíno as Prosecutor Yáñez
- Augusto Schuster as Diego
- Pilar Ronderos as Camila
- Geraldine Neary as Francisca
- Isabella Costa as Ana
- Victoria de Gregorio as Sofía
- Li Fridman as Lucía
- Mariana di Girólamo as María
- Luis Gnecco as Gustavo Barría
References
- ^ "Berlinale 2016: Panorama 2016 Complete". Berlinale. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
- ^ Debruge, Peter (14 February 2016). "Film Review: 'Much Ado About Nothing'". Retrieved 17 December 2016.
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