There's another film festival in town (Latin American and and indigenous) and last night AFS co-sponsored this film with CLA. Chale Nafus did a Q&A by Skype after the film with the writer/director Cristian Jimenez. The film is made in his small town in Chile about a first love. Going back and forth between an 8 year time period. There's lots of sensuality, wonderful casting, and while it has a slacker feel to it when you meet the filmmaker you would swear he comes from Austin. It's a beautiful film made by a very sensitive, thoughtful filmmaker who is multi-lingual, well educated and very connected to the human experience. He's a tough task master as well. He had the lead actor audition 10 times because he was looking for an actor who had two ages in his eyes...the child as well as the older adult. He cast perfectly. And before the film we had the good fortune of having Darla Berry from AFS come drink wine under our beautiful old oaks. I left her with Abe so I could run off to see the film. Tonight we're at the Blanton seeing the Dominick Dunne documentary. I am so grateful for this good life.
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