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Martín sits on the floor among books, hugging the cat
Sundance Film FestivalInternational Film Festival Rotterdam

Vida de
familia

Directed by Alicia Scherson and Cristián Jiménez · Chile · 2017 · 81 min

A man looks after someone else’s house and invents an entire life.

Synopsis

Bruno and his family leave for France for three months, entrusting their house and cat to Martín, a distant cousin. The cat disappears and, while searching for it, Martín meets Pachi. A romance begins on a lie: Martín says the house is his and that he is a divorced father. He invents an entire life, but real life returns from holiday.

Poster of Family Life

Credits

International title
Family Life
Director
Alicia Scherson, Cristián Jiménez
Screenplay
Alejandro Zambra, Alicia Scherson, Cristián Jiménez
Based on
Vida de familia, the short story by Alejandro Zambra
Cast
Jorge Becker, Gabriela Arancibia, Blanca Lewin, Cristián Carvajal
Cinematography
Cristián Petit-Laurent
Art direction
Jorge Zambrano
Editing
Soledad Salfate
Music
Caroline Chaspoul, Eduardo Henríquez
Producers
Carlos Olivares, Fernando Bascuñán
Production companies
Peso Pluma, Planta (Chile)
World sales
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Country
Chile
Running time
81 min

Selections and awards

World Cinema Dramatic Competition, Sundance 2017
International Film Festival Rotterdam 2017
Horizons, Karlovy Vary 2017
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Festival do Rio · Thessaloniki · New Horizons

Trailer

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Stills

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Martín holds the cat in the showerMartín smokes lying in a child’s room with a scribbled wall