SYNOPSIS
In a contemporary city, which could be anywhere, two strangers both search for love but never quite seem to find each other. Play is a movie about a lonely, heartbroken man, Tristan who tries to recover something he has never had; and Cristina, the silent witness to his downfall. Cristina and Tristan both spend their summers living in a hot and polluted Santiago de Chile. However, Cristina takes care of an old man in what she sees is a modest city, while Tristan wanders, heartbroken, in what he sees is a very modern city. Irene doesn’t love Tristan, and Cristina doesn’t love Manuel. This lack of love, when examined under a microscope makes even the smallest things appear larger than life. Play is an urban tale that examines those small things and looks for clues as to what makes us breathe in a city that denies itself. This is the story of a man who searches, and a woman who finds.

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TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Director: Alicia Scherson
Screenplay: Alicia Scherson
Director de photography: Ricardo de Angelis
Edition: Soledad Salfate
Original music: Joseph Costa – Marc Hellner
Year: 2005
Co-producers countries: Chile, Argentina, Francia
Executive production: Sergio Gándara y Macarena López
Sound design: Miguel Hormazábal
Art direction: Sebastián Muñoz
Casting: Claudio Rodríguez
Language: Spanish
Duration: 105 min.
Recording format: HDCAM 24p
Exhibition format: 35 mm.

CAST
Viviana Herrera, Andrés Ulloa, Aline Kuppenheim, Coca Guazzini, Juan Pablo Quezada, Jorge Alis, Francisco Copello

FESTIVALS AND AWARDS
- Festival Karlovy Vary (Czechoslovakian Republic, 2006) ** Independent Camera Award**
- Skip City Festival (Japan, 2006) ** Best New Director Award**
-Salé Women Film Festival (Moroco 2006) **Best Movie Award**
- Sttutgart Latin American Festival (Germany, 2006) ** Audience Award*
- Indie Lisboa Festival (Portugal, 2006) **Best Movie**
- Tribeca Film Festival (New York, USA, 2005) **Audience Award**
- Festival des Films du Monde (Montreal, Canada, 2005) **Audience Award, Glauber Rocha**
- Santiago International Film Festival SANFIC(Chile, 2005) **Audience Award**
- Valdivia Film Festival (Chile, 2005) *Best Actress** **Best Music**
- Cero Latitud Festival (Quito, Ecuador, 2005) **Jury’s Special Award**
- La Habana Festival (Cuba, 2005) *Best Opera Prima** **Selected as Chile’s entrance to the Oscar Awards2006** **Pedro Sienna Awards (Council of Culture, Chile, 2006) **Best Movie 2005** **Best Direction** **Best Art Direction** **Best Customes** **Nominated to Altazor Awards, 2006** **Nominated by the Mexican Academy as the best Iberian American Movie, 2006 to Ariel Awards**

WEBSITE
http://www.laventura.cl/play