The First Born / El Primero de la Familia - Theater #3
AMC River East 21
322 E Illinois St, Chicago, IL, US
IL
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The First Born/El Primero de la Familia
Genre: Drama
Chile/2016/82 min.
Directed by Carlos Leiva Barahona
Spanish w/ English Subtitles
Tomas is spending his last weekend in Chile with his family in their cramped suburban house before travelling to London to study medicine. His young sister Catalina is pregnant, his mother suffers from severe back pain, and his father is participating in a labor strike. What should have been a happy day for the whole family is ruined when a problem with the plumbing floods parts of the house and the stink caused by it pushes this close-knit family to the brink. This claustrophobic debut paints a spot-on microscopic portrait of contemporary Chilean society.
Tomás pasa su último fin de semana en Chile con su familia en su apretada casa suburbana antes de viajar a Londres para estudiar medicina. Su joven hermana Catalina está embarazada, su madre sufre de severos dolores de espalda y su padre participa en una huelga laboral. Lo que pudo haber sido una ocasión feliz se arruina cuando un problema con la plomería inunda partes de la casa y el hedor causado por las aguas empuja a esta familia al borde de un precipicio. Este debut claustrofóbico pinta un retrato microscópico de un sector de la sociedad chilena contemporánea.
Shown with: Brazilian Steakhouse/Espeto Corrido (Short)