Exiled (2019 film) explained

Exiled
Native Name:
Director:Leonor Zúniga
Starring:Zoilamérica Ortega Murillo
Editing:Leonor Zúniga, José “Chisco” Arce
Studio:Coproducción Nicaragua-Costa Rica
Distributor:Cinema Regional
Runtime:24 minutes
Country:Nicaragua
Language:Spanish

Exiled (Spanish; Castilian: Exiliada) is a 2019 Nicaraguan documentary film directed by Leonor Zúniga. The film features interviews with Zoilamérica Ortega Murillo, stepdaughter of the leader of the Sandinista Revolution and Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega. In 1998 she accused him of sexually abusing her as a child; almost twenty years later, she lives in exile in Costa Rica with her ten-year old son.[1] [2] [3] The film takes place during Ortega's electoral campaign, as he seeks reelection and reaching power for the fourth time,[4] and develops in two periods: the past, using archive footage when Zoilamérica made her accusation in 1998, and the present, in 2016, after being forced to live in exile.[5]

Production

Zúniga wrestled with making the film, as it risked the possibility that she would also have to go into exile.[6] Ultimately she shot the film in secret in Costa Rica, using a pseudonym to refer to Murillo during production.

Reception

The film was part of the Official Selection of the 2019 Hot Docs Festival.[7]

In La Prensa, Cristiana Chamorro Barrios wrote that Zúniga “in a magical way, shows with art, there can be beauty in a dark tragedy. Her cameras manage to captivate us in a sordid story where the harshness of the events is told with the grace to get away from the morbid to give the victim dignity without revictimizing her.”[8]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Exiliada - Cinema. live. 2021-09-06. NUMAX. gl. 6 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210906202156/https://numax.org/cinema/ficha/exiliada.
  2. Web site: 2020-05-07. Documental "Exiliada" ya puede verse en Nicaragua. 2021-09-06. Niú. es. 6 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210906202156/https://niu.com.ni/documental-exiliada-ya-puede-verse-en-nicaragua/. live.
  3. Web site: Exiliada. live. Filmin Latino. 6 September 2021. 6 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210906202156/https://www.filminlatino.mx/corto/exiliada.
  4. Web site: Documental 'Exiliada', de Leonor Zúniga (Nicaragua). 2021-09-06. Casa Amèrica Catalunya. 6 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210906204457/https://www.americat.barcelona/es/documental-exiliada-leonor-zuniga-nicaragua. live.
  5. Web site: 2020-02-17. Proyección del documental 'Exiliada'. live. 2021-09-06. Andra.eus. es. 6 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210906202157/https://andra.eus/proyeccion-del-documental-exiliada/.
  6. Web site: Escario. Inés. Zúniga: Si hacía el filme sobre Zoilamérica yo también tendría que exiliarme. live. 2021-09-08. EFE. es. 8 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210908232240/https://www.efe.com/efe/america/cultura/zuniga-si-hacia-el-filme-sobre-zoilamerica-yo-tambien-tendria-que-exiliarme/20000009-4112505.
  7. Web site: Exiliada. live. 2021-09-06. Cinema Regional. 6 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210906202155/http://cinemaregional.com/exiliada/.
  8. Web site: Chamorro Barrios. Cristiana. 2019-10-23. Zoilamérica, la "exiliada". live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191024005204/https://www.laprensa.com.ni/2019/10/22/columna-del-dia/2603007-zoilamerica-la-exiliada. October 24, 2019. 2021-09-08. La Prensa. es.

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