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La Verónica
2020 Chilean film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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La Verónica (lit. 'The Verónica') is a 2020 Chilean drama film written and directed by Leonardo Medel.[1] Starring Mariana Di Girolamo accompanied by Patricia Rivadeneira, Ariel Mateluna, Antonia Giesen, Willy Semler, Josefina Montané, Coco Páez and María Jesús Vidaurre.[2][3] It was recorded in more than fifty sequence shots in which the protagonist is always in the foreground.[4]
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Synopsis
The popular model Verónica Lara finds herself married to an international soccer star who apparently lives a happy life, but her life changes when she discovers that she is the main suspect in the murder of her daughter that occurred 10 years earlier. She is under a lot of pressure, her marriage falls apart and she begins to feel jealous of Amanda, her newborn daughter.[5]
Cast
The actors participating in this film are:[6]
- Mariana Di Girolamo as Verónica Lara
- Patricia Rivadeneira as Andrea
- Ariel Mateluna as Javier
- Antonia Giesen as Julieta
- Willy Semler as Fiscal
- Josefina Montané as Carolina
- Coco Páez as Moni
- Gloria Fernández as Amanda
- María Jesús Vidaurre as Roberta
- Gilda Maureira as Ester
- Sylvia Hernández as Verónica's Mother
- Renata Rojas as Laura
- Matias Cornejo as Manuel
- Vicente Toledo Mahmoud as Jaime
- Ignacia Jara as Ignacia
- Emilio Edwards as Biut Executive
- Benjamin Berger as Biut Manager
- Carolina Castillo as Campaign Producer
- Joaquín Yutronic as Verónica's Photographer
- Valentina Hites as Model 1
- Valeryia Alfirovich as Model 2
- Anastasia Tverdokhlebova as Model 3
- Ingrid Fiorini as Model 4
- Francisca Neumann as Party Guest
- Thiare Vega as Party Guest / Graveyard Attendee
- Javiera Lucero as Graveyard Attendee
- Stephan Cabezas as Graveyard Attendee
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Production
Principal photography began in October 2019 in Santiago, Chile amid social unrest in the capital.[7]
Release
La Verónica had its world premiere at the end of September 2020 at the 68th San Sebastián International Film Festival,[8] then screened on September 9, 2020, at the 45th Toronto International Film Festival.[9][10] It was commercially released on August 5, 2021, on the Alto Parlante streaming service.[11] Later, it was screened on December 3, 2021, at the International Festival of New Latin American Cinema.[12]
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