Medea (en)

Medea

Chosen in: 

International title: 

Medea

Director: 

Alexandra Latishev Salazar

Country: 

  • Chile
  • Costa Rica

Year: 

2016

Length: 

78 m.

Scriptwriter: 

Alexandra Latishev Salazar

Editor: 

Alexandra Latishev Salazar

Composer: 

Otto Castro

Director of photography: 

Alvaro Torres Crespo, Oscar Medina

Actors: 

Liliana Biamonte, Javier Montenegro, Eric Calderón

Synopsis : 

María José is 25. Her life moves back and forth between the monotony of class at the university, her eternally distant parents and a couple of alternative spaces where she can explore her own and others’ limits. One day she meets Javier, a boy she really likes and tries to have a relationship with, but her behaviour starts changing radically. In fact she’s a few months into her pregnancy and no one knows.

Director's biography: 

Alexandra Latishev studied at the Véritas University Film and TV School in Costa Rica. Her short film Irene (2014) participated in different festivals, including Kinoforum, Clermont-Ferrand, Toulouse, Alucine (Best Fiction), Flanders Latino Film Festival (Jury Mention), Havana Festival (Jury Mention), Ícaro Festival (Best Central American Short Film) and the FICCR (Best National Short Film). She has worked on films by Paz Fábrega, María T. Larrain, Neto Villalobos and Alice de Andrade. Medea is her feature directorial debut.

Filmography: 

2014 - Irene (short)

2011 - L'Enfant Fatale (short)

Production: 

La Linterna Films (Costa Rica)

Coproduction: 

Temporal Films (Costa Rica)

Grita Medios (Chile)