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The Quispe Girls
''The Quispe Girls'' ( es, Las niñas Quispe) is a 2013 Chilean film written and directed by Sebastián Sepúlveda. It is based on the true story of the Quispe sisters and on Juan Radrigán's play "Las Brutas". Plot The film depicts the tragic story of Justa, Lucía, and Luciana Quispe, three sisters who worked as goat-herders in the Chilean altiplano located in the Atacama desert region, the ancestral home of the indigenous Colla people. In 1974, the sisters were worried that their animals were losing their economic value due to the growing rumors about the military government that had reached even the remotest areas of the country. Already affected by the loss of one of their sisters, they were further frightened by the news that the military had reached the nearby town of Copiapó. Tragically, Justa, Lucía, and Luciana committed suicide by hanging themselves from a rock, along with their two dogs. Cast * Catalina Saavedra as Lucía Quispe * Francisca Gavilán as Lucian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebastián Sepúlveda
Sebastián Sepúlveda (born 1972) is a Chilean screenwriter, film producer, editor and director. Life and career Sepúlveda was born in Concepción, Chile. He lived the first 18 years of his life between Europe and South America due to his family's exile from Chile during the military regime. On return to Santiago in 1990, he began studying history. Towards the end of the 1990s Sepúlveda studied at two prestigious film schools, La Fémis in Paris (screenwriting) and Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión, San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba (editing) and began creating his first short films. He was involved in editing and writing a number of films in the 2000s, including '' Young and Wild'' (2012). Sepúlveda's directorial debut was the documentary ''O Areal'' ''(The Sandpit)'', about the Guajará community in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest. Sepúlveda received funding from Fonds Sud cinema (managed by France's Institut Français) to create his next film as director, ''The Quis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |