Tengo miedo torero (My Tender Matador)
\nby Rodrigo Sep\u00falveda
\nwith Alfredo Castro, Leonardo Ortizgris, Julieta Zylberberg, Sergio Hern\u00e1ndez
\n(Chile, Argentina, Mexico, 93\u2019, 2020)<\/p>\n
Amid the political turmoil during the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile in the 1980s, a mature queer lady engages in a risky clandestine operation after falling in love with a guerrilla who asks her to hide dangerous secrets of the revolution at home. Film adaptation of the first and only novel written by essayist, chronicler and novelist Pedro Lemebel, iconic figure of the LGBT culture.<\/p>\n
My Tender Matador has been a hard and adventurous task, as it took many years of work to bring this book to the big screen. I have always admired Pedro Lemebel’s art, so it was an honor to direct the film adaptation of his first and only novel. As a director, I wanted to portray Santiago de Chile during the 1980s from a different perspective than other films that take place in this same context. The odd relationship between an elderly transvestite and an undercover guerrilla who is clearly using her to hide the weapons for the attack on Pinochet allowed me to show a city in ruins after a deadly earthquake, taken over by military forces, subject to nighttime curfews, and moving to the rhythm of protest chants, boleros and radio news. Although this is a poignant story, I avoided being melancholic about the past. The film is rather a complex exploration of homosexuality in a country dominated by tyranny and prejudice. (Rodrigo Sep\u00falveda Urz\u00faa)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Presented in Giornate degli Autori<\/em><\/p>\n
Sep 03 | 22.00 Sala Astra 1 (Lido) | Press, Industry
\nSep 03 | 22.15 Sala Astra 2 (Lido) | Press, Industry
\nSep 03 | 22.00 Sala Astra 1 (Lido) | Press, Industry
\nSep 03 | 22.15 Sala Astra 2 (Lido) | Press, Industry
\nSep 10 | 17.00 Sala Perla (Lido) | All Accreditations
\nSep 12 | 22.00 Sala Astra 1 (Lido) | Press, Industry
\nSep 12 | 22.15 Sala Astra 2 (Lido) | Press, Industry
\nSep 11 | 15.00 Multisala Rossini 3 (Venezia) | Tickets<\/p>\nProduction:
\nForastero<\/p>\nCo-production:
\nTornado
\nCaponeto
\nZapik<\/p>\nWorld sales:
\nGrandave Capital
\ntamara@grandavecapital.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\nPress office:
\nLaurent Boye
\nlaurent@jazopr.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n