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La visita (2014)

La visita poster
Directed by
Mauricio López Fernández
Genre
drama film, LGBTQ-related film
Country
Argentina, Chile
Runtime
1h 22m
Rating
3.5 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman returns to her childhood home in rural Chile after her mother's death. She must navigate her strained relationship with her father while confronting the secrets of the family's past.

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What happens

The Guest (Spanish: La visita) is a 2014 Chilean drama film written and directed by Mauricio López Fernández. The worldwide premiere was in October 2014 in competition at the Valdivia International Film Festival and later, in 2015, it was presented at the Guadalajara International Film Festival, Outfest, CinéLatino Toulouse and, also in France, at the Rencontres du Cinéma Sud-Américain, Marseille, when it won the First Prize for Best Film and Best Actress for Daniela Vega in her film debut. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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