Development - SPANISH - Historical, Biography, Musical - 100 minutes
This Film tells the story of a group of young people who struggle against their environment to be rockers, in a period where the music was suppressed by a military dictatorship and criticized by the political left. It is the story of the 80 told through post punk leaders in Chile.
Year of production : 2025 Director(s) : Pablo BERTHELON Writer(s) : Tiare PINO Cast : Mateo CITARELLA, Francisca STRAUBE, Juán CANO, Leonardo BERTOLINI, Joseph ACUÑA Producer(s) : Eduardo VILLALOBOS (MOLOTOV), Roberto TREJO (CARNADA FILMS EIRL), Dani ORTIZ (DANIDOGFILMS)
This film tells the story of a group of young people from the industrial city of Concepcion (Chile), who fight against their environment to be rock musicians in a period of history where this kind of music was persecuted by the military dictatorship. It is the story of the group "CLANDESTINES EMOTIONS" flagship band of the 80s and post punk movement leaders in Chile.The film shows the birth of this group of young people living on the periphery of a Chilean city of province. Inspired by the English punk, rock Argentinian anarchist ideas, they create a band to fight the dictatorship of Pinochet and the conservatism of a left that saw only the music of the truly popular folk roots.With irreverence and above all conviction, face the military dictatorship with explosive and rebellious lyrics. After opening for another serving of pop group at the time - "The Prisoner"-make it to new audiences throughout Chile. That film shows her another trip: to fame, drugs, alcohol and to the dark side of the rock music scene. Told by its protagonists, this movie is telling us the difficult path of a group of young people who struggle against their environment in the quest to be different and be rebellious musicians.
Country(ies) : CHILE, SPAIN Financing plan : CORFO (Chile) Desarrollo de Proyecto Start of shooting : April 2018