Los Fuertes (en)

Los Fuertes

Chosen in: 

Original version: 

Espagnol

Director: 

Omar Zúñiga Hidalgo

Country: 

  • Chile

Length: 

106 min

Scriptwriter: 

Omar Zuñiga Hidalgo

Editor: 

Catalina Marín, Omar Zúñiga Hidalgo

Director of photography: 

Nicolás Ibieta

Actors: 

Antonio Altamirano, Samuel González.

Production: 

Synopsis : 

Lucas travels to visit his sister in a remote southern Chilean town, before going to live in Canada. Opposite the ocean and the fog he meets Antonio, the boatswain on a local fishing ship. When an intense romance emerges between the two, the relationship will force them to face up to their reality and abandon their solitude, learning to trust those around them. While the waves thunder into the bay, their strength, independence and adulthood gain strength against the tide.

Director's biography: 

In 2014, Omar Zúñiga received the Graduate Film Program Master in Fine Arts at New York University. He directed the Academy Award-nominated James Franco and Zach Braff in a segment of the film The Color of Time, released in the USA in 2014. His latest short film, San Cristóbal, won the Teddy Award for Best Short Film at the Berlinale in 2015 and screened at numerous festivals worldwide. He is a founding partner of the production company which creates independent cinema in Chile and Latin America, Cinestación, where he writes and directs his own work, and also produces that of others.