In Her Place (2024)

Original title

El lugar de la otra

Directed by

Maite Alberdi

Genre

drama film, crime film

Country

Chile

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 63 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1950s Chile, a writer kills her lover in a hotel room. The film reinterprets this true crime story, focusing on the aftermath and the people drawn into the case.

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What happens

In Her Place (Spanish: El lugar de la otra) is a 2024 Chilean historical crime drama film directed by Maite Alberdi and starring Elisa Zulueta and Francisca Lewin. Based on the true story of writer María Carolina Geel, who in 1955 killed her lover at the Crillón Hotel, the film is a reinterpretation of a story in the book The Murderers by Alia Trabucco Zerán. The film was screened in competition at the 72nd San Sebastián International Film Festival on 23 September 2024. It was selected as the Chilean entry for Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards, but was not nominated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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