A ghost cinema resurrected through a child's eyes — where movies outlasted dictatorship.
In Cañete there was a large movie theater in the center of town until the 1980s. At that time many things still worked. From a child's point of view, the short film transports us to an ordinary afternoon in Cañete, when people still happily went to the movies despite how difficult life was.
Cinematography
Ruins shot like they're still breathing — luminous decay.
Direction
Soto trusts silence more than most trust dialogue.
Sound
Child narrator and absent crowd noise — devastating.
Director
Esteban M. Soto
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Cañete's Teatro Municipal — once seating 800 — was demolished in the 1990s; this film is essentially its funeral and resurrection simultaneously.
Chile's 'Cine Móvil' rural exhibition program (1970s-80s) meant even struggling towns had cinema access — a state-supported public good now unthinkable.
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