Synopse
The song "Gracias a la vida" made Violeta Parra immortal. It was covered by Mercedes Sosa and Joan Baez and is seen as an important example of the Nueva Canción Chilena movement, which combined Chilean folk music with social criticism in the 1950s. Parra went from village to village, writing down the songs of the working people and composing her own. She became a painter, sculptor and potter, with exhibitions in the Louvre in Paris. The film is a biopic of the Chilean heroine of folk poetry that picks out key scenes from her life.
Regie
ANDRÉS WOOD (*1965) studied economics in Chile and film production in New York. His films are box-office hits in Chile and highly praised at international film festivals. His film Machuca was shown at FILMFEST HAMBURG 2004.
Info
Original Title: Violeta se fue a los cielos
International Title: Violeta Went to Heaven
Category: Feature
Section: Vitrina
Version & Subtitles: Spanish, French OV
Director: Andrés Wood
Screenplay: Andrés Wood, Angel Parra, Eliseo Altunaga, Rodrigo Bazaes, Guillermo Calderón
Cast/Protagonists: Francisca Gavilán, Thomas Durand, Patricio Ossa, Jorge López, Stephania Barbagelata
Production country: Chile, Brazil, Argentina
Year of Production: 2011
Length: 110 min
Producer: Patricio Pereira
Production company: Wood Producciones, Maiz Producciones, Bossa Nova Films
Cinematography: Miguel Ioan Littin
Editor: Andrea Chignoli
Music: Violeta Parra
Production Design: Rodrigo Bazaes
World Sales: Wood Producciones
Distributor: Arsenal Filmverleih GmbH
