Synopsis
What do you say to your deceased parents? Combining family archives and contemporary perspectives, the filmmaker intertwines fifty years of his life with the sociopolitical history of Chile. The montage travels through time, through light and shadow, never losing its sense of joy.
Filmmaker
Ignacio Agüero
He is a director with extensive experience in documentary filmmaking. He studied Architecture and Film, and from the beginning, his work has had a strong political dimension. His debut feature, One Hundred Children Waiting for a Train (1988), won First Prize for Documentary at the Havana Film Festival. That same year, he was one of the directors of La Franja del No, a program that contributed to Pinochet’s defeat. With more than fifteen films to his credit, he is one of the leading contemporary figures in non-fiction cinema.
Filmography: Letters to My Dead Parents (2025, D'A 2026), Notes for a Film (2022), I Never Climbed the Provincia (2019), Como me da la gana II (2016), The Other Day (2012), Agustin's Newspaper (2008), My Grandmother's Mother Told My Grandmother (2004), Under Construction (or, the Place I Was Born No Longer Exists) (2000), Dreams of Ice (mid-length, 1993), One Hundred Children Waiting for a Train (mid-length, 1988), Neruda, todo el amor (mid-length, 1988), Como me da la gana (medio, 1985), No olvidar (short, 1982), Hoy es jueves cinematográfico (short, 1978)
Awards and festivals
VIENNALE FILM FESTIVAL
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