Completed - SPANISH - Drama - 106 minutes
Year of production : 2019 Director(s) : Pablo LARRAÍN Cast : Gael GARCIA BERNAL
Visionary director Pablo Larraín (Jackie, Neruda) returns with the dazzling EMA, an intoxicating comment on sex, power and chaos in modern-day Chile. Knife-sharp and unapologetically punk, it’s a whirlwind of provocative, no-holds-barred anarchy, anchored by a searing central performance from rising star Mariana Di Girolamo.Ema (Di Girolamo) is a young dancer in a reggaeton troupe: effortlessly magnetic and dangerously impulsive. Her toxic marriage to older choreographer Gastón (Gael García Bernal) is beyond repair, following a rash decision to hand their adopted child Polo back into the hands of the state. Racked with regret, she sets out on a mission to get her son back, not caring who she’ll need to fight, seduce or destroy to make it happen. Driven by an electrifying original score by Nicolas Jaar and a reggaeton tracklist plucked straight from the streets of Valparaíso, Larraín’s latest is thrillingly defiant and palpably fresh. The film screened In Competition at the 2019 Venice Film Festival.
Country(ies) : CHILE
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Toronto - TIFF 2019 Special PresentationsBusan IFF 2019 World CinemaBFI London FF 2019 (Festival Gala)Sundance Film Festival 2020 Spotlight