LINA FROM LIMA [LINA DE LIMA] Trailer - 2020 AFI Latin American Film Festival

Chilean documentarian María Paz González (HIJA, PROPAGANDA) skillfully moves into the fiction realm with this delightful musical comedy, which tackles serious issues with tongue-in-cheek humor and sparkling style. Lina (Magaly Solier, MAGALLANES, RETABLO) is a Peruvian migrant worker who left her home country 10 years ago to work as a housekeeper for a wealthy family in Chile. Living frugally, Lina has been able to earn enough to provide for her son Junior as he remained in Peru, growing into an adolescent in her absence. With the holiday season just around the corner (yes, this is kind of a Christmas movie!), Lina is preparing to return to Lima for a long-overdue visit. Just a few things stand in her way: Junior is insistent that she bring him an overpriced soccer jersey; her wealthy employer is just as insistent that she remain in Chile and oversee renovations while he enjoys the holidays; and the newly-installed pool is unexpectedly damaged under her watch, an expense she must incur without draining her bank account. Tired of being bound by everyone's needs but her own, Lina copes in resourceful and inventive ways, navigating pitfalls and disappointments, but increasingly looking to reclaim her identity - a journey beautifully represented by the film's rich musical daydreams, which fuse Peruvian folk traditions with a music-video aesthetic. This endearing comedy is both an unexpected spin on the musical and a timely examination of the realities of migrant labor and class inequity. Winner, New Direction Competition, 2020 Cleveland International Film Festival. Official Selection, 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, 2020 Palm Springs International Film Festival. DIR/SCR María Paz González; PROD Maite Alberdi, Giancarlo Nasi,. Peru/Chile/Argentina, 2019, color, 83 min. In Spanish, Quechua and Haitian Creole with English subtitles. NOT RATED
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Cast: Magaly Solier, Emilia Ossandón, Javiera Contador, Cecilia Cartasegna, Herode Joseph, Betty Villalta, Edgardo Castro, Sebastián Brahm, Alberto Tenorio
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