Valparaíso, Chile, 1933. Years of psychiatric treatment and a seemingly happy marriage will not take away Elisa's memory of that youthful love. So, when some years later, Rebecca becomes a beautiful feminist, Elisa's fragile world will collapse in front of her eyes.
Acting
Cominetti's unraveling through stillness, not histrionics.
Production
Valparaíso's hills as claustrophobic prison of respectability.
Direction
Rojas makes 1933 feel urgently, uncomfortably now.
Director
Pablo Rojas
Lucy Cominetti
Elisa
Antonella Orsini
Rebeca
Álvaro Espinoza
Dario
Sergio Hernández
Enrique
Luz Croxatto
Teodora
Daniela Urra Balcazar
Augustina
Matias Stevens
Dr. Stevens
Claudia Vergara
Clotilde
Mireya Sotoconil
Mother Superior
Luna Martínez
Andrea
Gabriela Banderas
Teacher Nun
Margarita Manriquez
Eugenia
Daniela Urra
Agustina
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Chile's history of psychiatric abuse against LGBTQ+ people under military and civilian regimes informs every frame.
The title references both Botticelli's Venus and Rebeca's emergence as an impossible ideal Elisa cannot possess.
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