Take a Spin in the Air | |
Director: | Cristián Sánchez Garfias[1] |
Producer: | Rodrigo Muñoz Galvez |
Starring: | Rodrigo González Larrondo Cristóbal Bascuñán Diego Madrigal Zacarías del Río Ana María Zabala Camila Leppe José Ignacio Diez Daniel Pérez |
Cinematography: | Andrés Jordán |
Editing: | Cristián Sánchez Garfias Diego Soto |
Studio: | Nómada Producciones |
Runtime: | 80 minutes |
Country: | Chile |
Language: | Spanish |
Take a Spin in the Air (Spanish: Date una vuelta en el aire) is a 2020 Chilean surrealist fantasy comedy thriller film written and directed by Cristián Sánchez Garfias.[2] Starring Rodrigo González Larrondo, Cristóbal Bascuñán, Diego Madrigal, Zacarías del Río, Ana María Zabala, Camila Leppe, José Ignacio Diez and Daniel Pérez.[3] The film was named on the shortlist for Chilean's entry for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards,[4] but it was not selected.[5]
A schoolboy who is brilliant in math but loves art, a fetish businessman who collects photos of girls, and an obsessive car cleaner who writes plays as a hobby are all drawn to the mansion of a cultural center. Where they meet a woman, who seems to act as a seer, who urges them to find a hundred-year-old tree planted on an ancient indigenous ceremonial center.[6]
It had its premiere in Chilean territory on October 15, 2020, at the 27th Valdivia International Film Festival,[8] then it premiered in Argentine territory on March 22, 2021, at the Buenos Aires Independent Film Festival.[9] It released on June 29, 2021, on the VOD platforms of the Cineteca Nacional and Red de Salas along with his other film The Promise of Return.[10] It had its European premiere on September 27, 2021, at the 30th Biarritz Amérique Latine Festival.[11]
Year | Award / Festival | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
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2021 | Buenos Aires Independent Film Festival | American Competition - Best Picture | Cristián Sánchez Garfias | [12] | |
Biarritz Amérique Latine Festival | Fiction Feature Film Competition - Jury Award | [13] |