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Too Late to Die Young

Too Late to Die Young

A film by Dominga Sotomayor

During the summer of 1990 in Chile, a small group of families lives in an isolated community right below the Andes, building a new world away from the urban excesses, with the emerging the freedom that followed the recent end of the dictatorship.
In this time of change and reckoning,16-year-old Sofía and Lucas, and 10-year-old Clara, neighbors in this dry land, struggle with parents, first loves, and fears, as they prepare a big party for New Year’s Eve. They may live far from the dangers of the city, but not from those of nature.

Year: 2018

Country: Chile / Brazil / Argentina / The Netherlands / Qatar

Runtime: 110 min

Color: Color

Language: Spanish

Subtitles: English

“Mysterious and absorbing”

- LA Times

“Too Late To Die Young brings memories of an unusual childhood to transfixing life.”

- AVClub

“Too Late to Die Young says just as much about our experiences—our heartbreaks, curiosity and resilience—as it does about this specific chapter in Chile’s history.”

- RogerEbert.com

“One of 2019’s great discoveries… a powerful character study that’s mature and warm, with great intimacy and boundless humanity”

- Criterion Cast

"Sublime! Its human concerns and its aesthetics are universal, transporting us outside of time itself.”

- Battleship pretension.com

“Haunting…an achievement in mood and implication.”

- New York Times

About the Director

She studied Audiovisual Directing at Universidad Católica de Chile and a master’s in Directing at ESCAC in Barcelona. She developed her first featureThursday till Sunday at the Cannes Cinéfondation Residence. The film won the Tiger Award in Rotterdam in 2012 and was screened in more than a hundred festivals. In 2013 she codirected Island, that also won the Tiger. In 2015 she premiered her mid-length Mar at Berlinale Forum and the collective film Here in Lisbon produced by Indielisboa. She has worked in videos and photographs for visual art exhibitions, like Little Sun (Olafur Eliasson,2012) at the Tate Modern in London.

In 2009 she co-founded Cinestación, a leading production company based in Santiago where she produces auteur filmmaking in Latin-America. Recently, she has been involved in Los Fuertes, by OmarZúñiga (in post-production), Murder me, Monster, by Alejandro Fadel, premiered at Uncertain Regard in Cannes 2018, and RagingHelmets, by Neto Villalobos. She also co-founded CCC, Centro de Ciney Creación, a cultural center, and arthouse cinema scheduled to open in Santiago deChile in 2019.

Cast and Crew

CREW

Executive Producer: Omar Zúñiga, Sophie Mas,Daniel Pech

Producer: Rodrigo Teixeira, Dominga Sotomayor

Director: Dominga Sotomayor

Screenplay: Dominga Sotomayor

Director of Photography: Inti Briones, ACC, DFP

Art Direction: Estefania Larrain

Editor: Catalina Marín Duarte

Sound Mixer: Jan Schermer

Costume Design: Felipe Criado, Estefania Larrain

 

CAST

Demian Hernández

Antar Machado

Magdalena Tótoro

Matías Oviedo

Andrés Aliaga

Antonia Zegers

Home Media

DVD

 

Digital


Awards and Festivals

Locarno Film Festival – Leopard for Best Direction

Toronto International Film Festival

New York Film Festival

BFI London Film Festival

Mill Valley Film Festival

Chicago International Film Festival

Hamptons International Film Festival

Sarajevo Film Festival

Santiago International Film Festival

Play Dates
Theater/FestivalCityStateDate
Toronto film Festival TorontoCanada9/6/18
New York Film Festival New York NY9/28/18
Montreal Festival du nouveau cinémaMontrealCanada10/3/18
Hampton International Film FestivalHamptonNY10/4/18
Mill Valley Film FestivalMill ValleyCA10/4/18
Chicago International Film FestivalChicagoIL10/10/18
Passport Series - Ragtag CinemaColumbiaOH10/17/18
AFI FESTLos AngelseCA11/5/18
Spotlight Cinema_ Madison Museum of Contemporary ArtMadisonWI11/7/18
Loft Film FestTucsonAZ11/8/18
Duke UniversityDurhamNC2/7/19
Harvard Film ArchiveCambridgeMA2/15/19
Portland International Film Festival PortlandOR2/21/19
San Diego Latino Film FestivalSan DiegoCA3/14/19
Cleveland International Film Festival ClevelandOH3/27/19
Minneapolis St Paul International Film FestivalMinneapolisMN4/4/19
RiverRun International Film FestivalWinston-SalemNC4/4/19
Sarasota Film FestivalSarasotaFL4/5/19
Middlebury CollegeMiddleburyVT4/6/19
CineLatino FestivalMilwaukeeWI4/10/19
Newport Beach Film Festival Newport BeachCA4/25/19
Cine Las Americas Intl Film FestivalAustinTX5/1/19
Film at Lincoln Center New York NY5/31/19
Laemmle Music HallLos Angeles CA6/7/19
Violet Crown, AustinAustinTX6/7/19
Nitehawk WilliamsburgBrooklyn NY6/8/19
Alamo Drafthouse BrooklynBrooklynNY6/8/19
Nitehawk Prospect ParkBrooklynNY6/10/19
Hippodrome TheatreGainesvilleFL6/13/19
TIME & SPACE LIMITEDHudsonNY6/13/19
Gateway Film Center ColumbusOH6/14/19
Parkway Theatre BaltimoreMD6/14/19
Digital Gym Cinema San DiegoCA6/14/19
Real Art Way HartfordCT6/14/19
The Art TheatreChampaignIL6/21/19
The Apohadion TheaterPortlandME6/26/19
Roxie TheaterSan Fransisco CA6/28/19
Vancity TheatreVancouverCanada7/5/19
Violet Crown, Santa FeSanta FeNM7/5/19
Guild Cinema AlbuquerqueNM7/5/19
Belcourt TheatreNashvilleTN7/11/19
Northwest Film ForumSeattleWA7/12/19
Brattle TheaterBostonMA7/12/19
Harkins Theaters, Shear 14ScottsdaleAZ7/19/19
Munson CinemaUticaNY7/24/19
Bear Tooth TheatreAnchorageAK7/29/19
Oklahoma City Museum of ArtOklahoma CityOK8/22/19
San Juan International Film FestivalSan JuanPR8/29/19
Webster Film SeriesSt. LouisMO8/30/19
AFI Latin American Film FestivalSilver Spring MD9/12/19
Cornell CinemaIthacaNY9/21/19
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