BLANQUITA
Directed by Fernando Guzzoni
Chile, México, Luxembourg, France, Poland | 99 min | 2022 | Drama | Spanish
Blanca, an 18-year-old foster home resident, is the key witness in a scandal involving kids, politicians and rich men taking part in sex parties. Yet, the more questions are asked, the less clear it becomes what Blanca’s role in the scandal exactly is.
Credits
Director: Fernando Guzzoni
Screenplay: Fernando Guzzoni
Cinematography: Benjamín Echazarreta
Editing: Jarosław Kamiński, Soledad Salfate
Art direction: Natalia Geisse
Production design: Estefania Larraín, Angela Leyton
Costume design: Francisca Román
Sound design: José Miguel Enríquez Rivaud
Sound on set: Federico González Jordán
Music: Chloé Thevenin
Production company: Quijote Films
Co-production companies: Varios Lobos, Tarantula, Bonne Pioche Cinema, Madants
Cast: Laura López, Alejandro Goic, Amparo Noguera, Marcelo Alonso, Daniela Ramírez, Ariel Grandón
With financial support of: Ministerio de las Culturas, las Artes y el Patrimonio, Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía, Film Fund Luxembourg, Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée, Hubert Bals Fund, Polish Film Institute
Fernando Guzzoni
Festivals & Awards
- Venice International Film Festival / Orizzonti (Winner – Best Screenplay)
- Busan International Film Festival
- Mostra – São Paulo – International Perspective
- Los Cabos – Competition
- Stockholm Film Festival – Competition
- Huelva Film Festival – Competition (Winner – Golden Colon Best Film, Radio Exterior de España Award)
- Mannheim-Heidelberg – Pushing the Boundries
- Cineuropa Santiago de Compostela – Galician premiere / competition
- IFFI Goa – India premire / World Cinema Section
- XIV FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINE DE CALI – Colombian premiere / International Feature Competition
press quotes
“This may be one of the most emotionally moving films I’ve seen this year”
The Mail Newspaper by Chris Jones
“Blanquita manages to prove intense and powerful.”
Non Solo Cinema by Ilaria Falcone
“an atmospheric thriller (…) carried by an assured central performance”
“story, which delves into the very murkiest corners of Chilean society”
Screendaily by Wendy Ide
“if Guzzoni offers one chance for a breather, it’s the fact that his well-executed film is not exactly explicit – you hear the stories and the details, but you don’t have to see them. It’s a smart move, as this way, it will simply be seen by more people. Even those who are afraid of darkness, which might really be the whole point.”
“[Blanquita] is an interesting role, complex and difficult to pin down, and so is the whole movie, really. “
Cineuropa by Marta Bałaga
By creating a character with somewhat complicated nuances, Guzzoni avoids the more simplistic and obvious interpretation, the predictable “denouncement film” and turns it into something morally more gray but nonetheless quite powerful.
Micropsia Cine by Diego Lerer
“The direction, acting, score and cinematography are definitely the film’s strongest suit”
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“There are some stunning lines that are only made more haunting via the delivery of López who is excellent in the film.”
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