Programming

21st Ficdh

ESTRENO

Hermanos Casablanca

Casablanca Brothers

Chile / 2024 / 9 min. / Animation

Rated: Suitable for over 16 years

Language: Spanish

Thematic: Dictatorships

Section: Memory, Animated Shorts Selection

Director: Santiago O´Ryan, José Navarro

Contact: oryan.santiago@gmail.com

Dates, times and locations:

Friday, June 13 / 6 p.m. / FADU (Ciudad Universitaria) / Sala Simón Feldman

Synopsis:

Casablanca brothers Antonio (31) and Gabriel (26), both chess enthusiasts and artisanal fishermen, embark on an intimate journey across the vast Pacific Ocean in search of the missing body of the son of a Chilean military officer, Major Correa, lost at sea. The initial plan: to find the body in exchange for information about the whereabouts of their sister Lucía, who was arrested and disappeared during the civil-military dictatorship in Chile.

Trailer

Curatorial note:

This is a story about family and grief, but also about resistance in Chile, a country still scarred by the pain of forced disappearances during the dictatorship. Through this journey between memory and the sea, the film questions the traces left by political violence and the silence imposed by history. What can be expected when negotiating with those who have destroyed lives? Camille Le Manchec