CONTEMPORARY CHILEAN CINEM November 1–30, 2007

Contemporary Chilean Cinema program is realized with the collaboration of the Ankara Embassy of Chile.

MI MEJOR ENEMIGO, 2005

/ Chile- Argentina- Spain | DVD, Color, 104’ | Spanish; Turkish- English Subtitled

Director: Alex Bowen

Cast: Nicolas Saavedra, Erto Pantoja, Miguel Dedovich, Jorge Roman, Felipe Braun

Alex Bowen's broadly comic dramatizatlon of a bizarre skirmish between Chilean and

Argentinean soldiers in 1978, when their countries were on the brink of war over a land dispute.

LA FIEBRE DEL LOCÔ / LOCO FEVER, 2001

Chile | DVD, Renkli / Color, 97’ | Spanish; Turkish- English Subtitled

Director: Andres Wood

Cast: Emilio Bardi, Luis Dubo, Loreto Moya, Luis Margani, Tamara Acosta, Mariana Loyola

Noted Chilean director Andres Wood unfolds a classic story of love and deceit in a small fishing village. The arrival of two petty seafood schemers in a small coastal village of southern Chile brings hopes of quick cash to the entire community and revives memories of past love stories.

LA SAGRADA FAMILIA, 2004

Chile | DVD, Color, 99’ | Spanish; Turkish- English Subtitled

Director: Sebaslian Campos

Cast: Patricia Lopez, Nestor Cantllliana, Serge Hernandez, Coca Guazzini, Macerena Teke

The Easter vacation of a bourgeois Chilean family is serious-comically interrupted by a seductive new girlfriend in Sebastian Campos's winsome, well-played debut The Sacred Family.

EL CHACOTERO SENTIMENTAL / THE SENTIMENTAL TEASER, 1999

Chile | DVD, Renkli / Color, 87’ | İspanyolca; Türkçe – İngilizce Altyazılı / Spanish; Turkish- English Subtitled

Director: Chiristian Galaz

Cast: Roberto Artiagoitia, Daniel Muñoz, Lorene Prieto, Sergio Schmied, Fernando Farias

The most successful domestic film in Chilean history, this box-office smash was inspired by a real-life, hugely popular Santiago talk-radio personality, The Sentimental Teaser, who offers frank, provocative advice to callers on matters of love and sex.

EL LEYTON, 2002

Chile | DVD, Renkli / Color, 95’ | İspanyolca; Türkçe – İngilizce Altyazılı / Spanish; Turkish- English Subtitled

Director: Gonzalo Justiniano

Cast: Juan Pablo Saez Siboney Lo, Luis Wigdorsky, Gabriela Hemandez

One of Chile's most celebrated filmmakers, Gonzalo Justiniano masterfully navigates through the borders of comedy and tragedy in this lively drama where a love triangle disrupts the quiet life of a small fishlng village on the Pacific coast. Outstanding performances, a charming setting and a sardonic sense of humor make this tale of trust, friendship and murder a compelling and highly enjoyable film.

HISTORIAS DE FUTBOL / FOOTBALL STORIES, 1997

Şili / Chile | DVD, Renkli / Color, 87’ | İspanyolca; Türkçe – İngilizce Altyazılı / Spanish; Turkish- English Subtitled

Director: Andrés Wood

Cast: Armando Cavieres, Sra Nora Escobar

A box-office hit in Chile, Football Stories is a very funny and biting social critique of Chilean society, in the form of three vignettes about life, love and the sometimes misguided passions for one of the most important rituals of the 20th century: football.