La Santa

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Father and daughter are getting ready for a grand procession through the village, but things are strained between them. Dad has arranged for his thirteen-year-old daughter, Maria to play the Virgin Mary. Maria doesn’t want to, but her father insists. He hopes that this will heal her. Maria has no idea if she wants to be healed – and from what, anyway? Her father refuses to back down and Maria prepares herself for the role she has to play. But she will make the ground rules. This means deciding such things as the length of her hair. She doesn’t think that peeing standing up is such a bad thing, either.

details

  • Runtime

    14 min
  • Country

    Chile
  • Year of Presentation

    2012
  • Year of Production

    2012
  • Director

    Mauricio López Fernández
  • Cast

    Belén Figueroa, Conrado Canales, Rosalía Fernández, Iñaqui Molina
  • Production Company

    Pinda Producciones
  • Berlinale Section

    Shorts
  • Berlinale Category

    Short Film

Biography Mauricio López Fernández

Born in Santiago, Chile in 1986. A directing graduate from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. In 2010 he directed the short film THE GUEST

Filmography Mauricio López Fernández

2010 La visita (Short) | 2014 La Visita