''Fuga'' is a 2006 Chilean-Argentine

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by

Pablo Larraín Pablo Larraín Matte (; born 19 August 1976) is a Chilean filmmaker. He has directed nine feature films and co-directed one television series, including the Academy Award-nominated films '' No'' (2012), '' Neruda'' (2016), '' Jackie'' (2016) an ...

. It is Larraín's directing debut.

Plot

The story follows Eliseo Montalbán (Benjamín Vicuña) and his traumatic childhood experience of witnessing the tragic and horrifying death of his sister on a piano, combined with the accidental creation of a piece of music that he believes carries a curse of death. This traumatic incident shapes Eliseo into a musical prodigy with an obsessive and disturbed personality, particularly fixated on the ominous musical piece. As he matures, Eliseo eventually composes a masterpiece, a Rhapsody based on the haunting music, which tragically leads to the death of his love interest, the pianist Georgina (Francisca Imboden), moments after she starts performing it at a packed Municipal Theater in

Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whos ...

. This event deeply torments Eliseo, and his mental anguish becomes so overwhelming that his father decides to confine him to an asylum, causing Eliseo to fade into obscurity. Meanwhile, Eliseo remains in seclusion after managing to escape the asylum. Ricardo Coppa (Gastón Pauls) endeavors to retrieve Montalbán's cursed musical composition with the help of a group of musicians. Unaware of the peril they're putting themselves in, they strive to claim the piece as their own.

Cast

Benjamín Vicuña Benjamín Vicuña Luco (born 29 November 1978) is a Chilean actor and entrepreneur. Biography Vicuña was born November 29, 1978 to father Juan Pablo Vicuña Parot and mother Isabel Luco Morandé. He is a descendant of Benjamín Vicuña Mack ...

as Eliseo Montalbán * Gastón Pauls as Ricardo Coppa * Francisca Imboden as Georgina * María Izquierdo as Madre de Eliseo *

Willy Semler Guillermo Semler Aguirre (Santiago, January 16, 1959) better known as Willy Semler is a Chilean actor of films, theatre, television and theater director. He is known for having played ''Esperanza'' in the popular play ''La negra Ester'', one ...

as Padre de Eliseo *

Héctor Noguera Héctor Eugenio Noguera Illanes (born July 8, 1937 in Santiago), is a Chilean television, theatre and film actor, and also a theatre director. Noguera is the son of Héctor Noguera Prieto (grandson of José Joaquín Prieto Vial and Yolanda Illa ...

as Klaus Roth * Alfredo Castro as Claudio * Alejandro Trejo as Pacian *

Paulina Urrutia Paulina Marcela Urrutia Fernández (born 15 January 1969) is a Chilean actress, academic, director, trade union leader, and politician. She was a State Minister of the first government of President Michelle Bachelet. Biography Born into a middle- ...

as Macarena

References

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* 2006 films 2006 drama films Chilean drama films Argentine drama films Films about composers Argentine musical films Chilean musical films {{2000s-drama-film-stub 2006 directorial debut films 2000s Chilean films 2000s Argentine films