Ema is a magnetic and impulsive dancer in a reggaeton troupe. Her toxic marriage to choreographer Gastón is beyond repair, following a decision to give up on their adopted child Polo. She sets out on a mission to get him back, not caring who she’ll need to fight, seduce or destroy to make it happen.
Acting
Mariana Di Girolamo moves like weaponized desire itself.
Cinematography
Blue flames and bodies that glow like bruises.
Direction
Larraín at his most seductively unhinged.
Director
Pablo Larraín
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in Valparaíso, the film uses Chile's reggaeton scene — often dismissed as 'low' culture — as high art, mirroring how Ema herself weaponizes class assumptions.
The flamethrower was practical; Di Girolamo trained for months, and that terror in her eyes? Partly real. Larraín kept one accidental take where she genuinely flinched.
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