08/19/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 08/19/2024 08:13
Watch the trailer here
Download the main artwork here
Check out the first images here
Photo credits: Diego Araya Corvalán / Netflix
Santiago, August 19, 2024- Netflix today presented the official trailer and main art for In Her Place, the first fiction feature film by Oscar® nominee Maite Alberdi (The Eternal Memoryand The Mole Agent).
Based on the true story of a murder at the hands of María Carolina Geel in the Crillón Hotel, Maite Alberdi continues her exploration of the intimate worlds and the rich internal life of her protagonists, showing under her personal stamp the reality of two women in Chile from the mid-20th century: Mercedes and María Carolina Geel. With different life stories and professions, they face the complexities of being a woman in a society in which they are made invisible.
Filmed in Chile and with the script work of the writer Inés Bortagaray and Paloma Salas, the production is Alberdi's cinematographic reinterpretation of one of the stories from the book "Las Homicidas" by Alia Trabucco Zerán. In Her Place,stars national actresses Elisa Zulueta and Francisca Lewin, who are joined by Marcial Tagle, Gabriel Urzúa, Pablo Macaya, and a great cast.
In Her Placewill be shown in some cinemas in Chile in September and will arrive worldwide on Netflix on October 11, after passing through the San Sebastián International Film Festival, where it will compete in the official section.
Synopsis
Chile, 1955. When the popular writer María Carolina Geel kills her lover, the case captivates Mercedes, the shy paralegal of the judge in charge of the case. After visiting the writer's apartment, Mercedes begins to question her life, identity, and the role of women in society as she finds an oasis of freedom in that home. This gripping drama based on true events is directed by Oscar nominee Maite Alberdi ("The Eternal Memory" and "The Mole Agent").
Data sheet
Screenplay: Inés Bortagaray and Paloma Salas
Producers: Juan de Dios Larraín, Pablo Larraín, Rocío Jadue
Production: Fabula
Executive Production: Mariane Hartard, Sergio Karmy, Cristián Donoso
Cast: Elisa Zulueta, Francisca Lewin, Marcial Tagle, Pablo Macaya, Gabriel Urzúa
Cinematography: Sergio Armstrong
Music: José Miguel Miranda, Miguel Tobar
Editing: Alejandro Carrillo Penovi
Costume Design: Muriel Parra
Sound: Miguel Hormazábal
Art Direction: Pamela Chamorro
Duration: 89 minutes
Year of Production: 2024
To download available images of In Her Place, visit the Netflix Media Center