Karnawal (2020)

Directed by

Juan Pablo Felix

Genre

musical film

Country

Argentina, Chile, Brazil

Runtime

1h 38m

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 22 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teenager reconnects with his father. They travel together and uncover difficult truths, getting into dangerous situations.

emotionaltensemelancholicrawintimatenitty-grittyfamily dramacoming-of-age

What happens

Karnawal is a 2020 coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Juan Pablo Félix in his directorial debut. It stars Alfredo Castro, Martín López Lacci, Mónica Lairana and Diego Cremonesi. It tells the story of a teenager who is reunited with his father and together they embark on a journey, where truths that they would prefer not to know come to light and they find themselves involved in critical situations. It is a co-production between Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Norway. Karnawal was the film that received the most nominations at the 16th Sur Awards with a total of fourteen nominations, of which it won 8 awards, including "Best Film", "Best Director" and "Best Original Screenplay". In the 9th Platino Awards, he received the award for "Best Ibero-American Debut Film" and for "Best Supporting Actor" (for Castro). The film was named on the shortlist for Chilean's entry for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards, but it was not selected. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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