Nominated for Best Documentary and Best Director at the 2017 Cinema Tropical Awards, the Chilean film The Wind Knows That I’m Coming Back Home / El viento sabe que vuelvo a casa by prolific director José Luis Torres Leiva is an intimate and fragile portrait of an isolated society.
“In the early 1980s, a couple vanished without a trace in the woods of Meulín Island. Director Ignacio Agüero (This Is the Way I Like It II) had intended to shoot a documentary about this strange occurrence, but eventually abandoned the project. Now, he journeys to the area to shoot his first fiction film based on the events, and José Luis Torres Leiva follows Agüero as he speaks with locals about the legends that have arisen surrounding this mysterious occurrence in between scouting for locations and auditioning nonprofessionals, who often provide a source of tender comic relief. The film is also a meditation on the isolation of those living on Chile’s Chiloé Archipelago, capturing its unique and solitary landscapes.” —Film at Lincoln Center
THE WIND KNOWS THAT I’M COMING BACK HOME / EL VIENTO SABE QUE VUELVO A CASA
A film by José Luis Torres Leiva
(Chile, 2016, 102 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
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