''La Verónica'' () is a 2020 Chilean

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written and directed by Leonardo Medel. Starring

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accompanied by

Patricia Rivadeneira Patricia Rivadeneira Ruiz-Tagle (Santiago, August 6, 1964) is an actress and a cultural manager from Chile. She was Chilean Cultural Attaché in Italy by the government of Ricardo Lagos Escobar, a job she carried out between 2001 and 2006. Betw ...

, Ariel Mateluna, Antonia Giesen,

Willy Semler Guillermo Semler Aguirre (born January 16, 1959, in Santiago) 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' ...

, Josefina Montané, Coco Páez and María Jesús Vidaurre. It was recorded in more than fifty

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s in which the protagonist is always in the foreground.

Synopsis

The popular model Verónica Lara finds herself married to an international soccer star who apparently lives a happy life, but her life changes when she discovers that she is the main suspect in the murder of her daughter that occurred 10 years earlier. She is under a lot of pressure, her marriage falls apart and she begins to feel jealous of Amanda, her newborn daughter.

Cast

The actors participating in this film are: *

as Verónica Lara *

as Andrea * Ariel Mateluna as Javier * Antonia Giesen as Julieta *

as Fiscal * Josefina Montané as Carolina * Coco Páez as Moni * Gloria Fernández as Amanda * María Jesús Vidaurre as Roberta * Gilda Maureira as Ester * Sylvia Hernández as Verónica's Mother * Renata Rojas as Laura * Matias Cornejo as Manuel * Vicente Toledo Mahmoud as Jaime * Ignacia Jara as Ignacia * Emilio Edwards as Biut Executive * Benjamin Berger as Biut Manager * Carolina Castillo as Campaign Producer * Joaquín Yutronic as Verónica's Photographer * Valentina Hites as Model 1 * Valeryia Alfirovich as Model 2 * Anastasia Tverdokhlebova as Model 3 * Ingrid Fiorini as Model 4 * Francisca Neumann as Party Guest * Thiare Vega as Party Guest / Graveyard Attendee * Javiera Lucero as Graveyard Attendee * Stephan Cabezas as Graveyard Attendee

Production

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began in October 2019 in

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amid

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in the capital.

Release

''La Verónica'' had its world premiere at the end of September 2020 at the 68th

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, then screened on September 9, 2020, at the 45th Toronto International Film Festival. It was commercially released on August 5, 2021, on the Alto Parlante streaming service. Later, it was screened on December 3, 2021, at the International Festival of New Latin American Cinema.

Accolades

References

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* 2020 films 2020 drama films Chilean drama films 2020s Spanish-language films Films set in Chile Films shot in Chile Films about families Films about mother–daughter relationships Films about social media 2020s Chilean films {{Drama-film-stub