Lost Queens Explained

Lost Queens
Native Name:Locas Perdidas
Director:Ignacio Juricic
Producer:Mariana Tejos Martignoni
Starring:Andrew Bargsted
Roxana Campos
Catalina Vásquez Cristi
Rodrigo Pérez
Macarena Lagos
Maite Neira
Music:Esteban Gómez
Pablo Álvarez
Roberto Espinoza
Cinematography:Danilo Miranda
Editing:Valentina Ruiz Sierra
Studio:Realizadora de Cine y Televisión – Universidad de Chile, Productora Locas Perdidas
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Runtime:28 minutes
Country:Chile
Language:Spanish

Lost Queens, or Locas Perdidas, is a short film of Chilean director Ignacio Juricic. The film was released at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, where it was one of just 18 short films shortlisted from a list of 1,600 for the Cinéfondation[1] and won second prize.[2]

Plot

In 1996, 18-year-old Rodrigo is arrested by the police in a televised raid on the club where he works as a drag queen. He returns home fearful that his family will see him on the news. While all the family is getting ready for a wedding, he makes plans to run away with the 48-year-old hairdresser Mauricio, a family friend and Rodrigo's boyfriend.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cannes Festival website . festival-cannes.com . 2015-06-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071014094940/http://www.festival-cannes.com/index.php/en/cinefoundation . 2007-10-14 .
  2. Web site: Cinéfondation award winners news. cinefondation.com. 2015-06-30.
  3. Web site: LOCAS PERDIDAS (LOST QUEENS). festival-cannes.com. 2015-06-30.