Critics Week · 45th Edition
Bitter Gold
Oro Amargo
Director
Juan Olea
Country
Chile, Mexico, Uruguay, Germany
Runtime
1 h 23 min
Language
Spanish
Premiere
World Premiere
Synopsis
In northern Chile, where artisan mining has become extinct, a teenage girl struggles to keep the family business alive, challenging patriarchal power struggles.
Cast
Katalina Sánchez, Francisco Melo, Daniel Antivilo
Screenplay
Francisco Hervé, Moisés Sepúlveda, María Luida Furche, Agustín Toscano
Producers
Felipe Egaña
About the Director
In 2014 he directed the feature film "El Cordero", selected at the Biarritz, Havana and San Francisco Festivals; and awarded Best Director of the year at the Santiago International Film Festival (SANFIC). In 2017 he directed the television mini-series "Pega Martín Pega" successfully broadcast on Chilean television. "Oro Amargo" is his second feature film.
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