Screens Sunday, October 23, 5:30 pm
Paréntesis
(Time off)
Chile / 2005 / 97 min
Directors: Francisca Schweitzer, Pablo Solís
Producer: Follow Films
Screenwriters: Francisca Schweitzer, Pablo Solís
Executive Producers: Ricardo Saieh, Pablo Solís, Francisca Schweitzer
Cinematographer: Christian Mcmanus
Editors: Pablo Solís, Francisca Schweitzer
Production Manager: Joaquín Mora
Production Designer: Rodrigo Duque Motta
Sound Design: Miguel Hormazabal
Original Music: Silvio Paredes
Camilo is 28 years old; he has insomnia and works in a video store at night. His girlfriend Pola, tired of his irresponsible and childish approach to life, decides at dawn one Monday to ask him for a week off (a parenthesis) to think through their relationship. Disconcerted, Camilo resigns himself to Pola’s decision. During this week he meets Mikela, a strange 16 year-old girl, who shows him a new and simpler world where only the present counts. Camilo begins to live a more harmonious life, until Mikela disappears…
Camilo tiene 28 años, sufre de insomnio y trabaja por las noches en un negocio de video. Cansada de su actitud infantil e irresponsable, su novia Pola decide en la madrugada del día lunes pedirle una semana para distanciarse (un paréntesis) y aclarar su relación. Camilo desconcertado acepta resignado la decisión de Pola. Durante esa semana, Camilo conoce a Mikela, una extraña niña de 16 años, que le muestra un mundo nuevo, más simple y en donde sólo se vive el presente. Camilo empieza a vivir una vida más armoniosa, hasta que Mikela desaparece…
Cast: Francisco Pérez-Bannen, Carolina Castro, Sigrid Alegría, Luis Gnecco, Iñigo Urrutia, Néstor Cantillana, Jordi Castell, Francisca Opazo
Awards: Best of Latin America 2006, Indianapolis International Film Festival
Film Language: Spanish
Film Year: 2005
Run Time: 97 min