Verano

José Luis Torres Leiva : 2011
Summertime

During one hot summer day, little things happen to the visitors and workers of an old thermal resort in the mountains of southern Chile. They experience the long vacation hours in nature, sleeping in the sun, learning how to drive, cleaning the house, kissing for the first time, swimming at night or just walking and talking, while the day slowly unravels into small fragments of happiness and discovery. To wander in the forest, the joy of losing oneself, to not belong to any place. The film is a mosaic filled with minor everyday occurrences and moving observations about the certainties and uncertainties of love, family and other relationships. It is a story that walks a thin line between beauty and desperation. A story that lives in the interior of the characters but also on the exterior of what surrounds them. The film premiered in the Orizzonti section at La Biennale di Venezia 2011.