''The Promise of Return'' (
Spanish: ''La promesa del retorno'') is a 2020 Chilean
fantasy mystery film written, directed and produced by
Cristián Sánchez Garfias. Starring Natalia Martínez, Manuel Hübner, José Ignacio Diez, Anderson Tudor, Beatriz Carillo, Rafael Jean François and Daniel Pérez.
The film was named on the shortlist for Chilean's entry for the
Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the
94th Academy Awards, but it was not selected.
Synopsis
An art student dissatisfied with life feels a restlessness in her soul that prevents her from sleeping. One dawn she hears an eagle trumpeting that seems to herald abnormal weather, made clear by the discovery of a copy of
The Immaculate Conception
The Immaculate Conception is the belief that the Virgin Mary was free of original sin from the moment of her conception.
It is one of the four Marian dogmas of the Catholic Church, meaning that it is held to be a divinely revealed truth wh ...
, the book by Paul Eluard and André Breton, in the incinerator of her apartment.
Cast
The actors participating in this film are:
* Natalia Martínez
* Manuel Hübner
* José Ignacio Diez
* Anderson Tudor
* Beatriz Carillo
* Rafael Jean François
* Daniel Pérez
Release
''La promesa del retorno'' had its premiere in Chilean territory on October 15, 2020, at the 27th
Valdivia International Film Festival, then it screened in Argentine territory on March 22, 2021, at the
Buenos Aires Independent Film Festival
The Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema (BAFICI, es, Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente) is an international festival of independent films organized each year in the month of April, in the city of B ...
. It released on June 29, 2021, on the VOD platforms of the Cineteca Nacional and Red de Salas along with his other film ''
Take a Spin in the Air
''Take a Spin in the Air'' ( Spanish: ''Date una vuelta en el aire'') is a 2020 Chilean surrealist fantasy comedy thriller film written and directed by Cristián Sánchez Garfias. Starring Rodrigo González Larrondo, Cristóbal Bascuñán, Dieg ...
''.
Accolades
References
External links
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2020 films
2020 fantasy films
2020 thriller films
Chilean fantasy films
Chilean mystery films
Chilean thriller films
2020s mystery films
2020s Spanish-language films
2020s Chilean films
Films set in Chile
Films shot in Chile
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