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Life Itself

“LIFE ITSELF” is a feature length film based on the novel by the Chilean author Oscar Castro, which showcases the reality of the Chilean countryside in the beginning of 1900, through the eyes of Roberto, a young boy who manages to change the course of his fate and leave behind a world of misery, marginalization and cruelty, thanks to literature.

  • Guillermo Salinas Flores
    Director
  • Guillermo Salinas Fores
    Writer
  • Jorge Soto Huenún
    Producer
  • Martín Zelada
    Key Cast
    "Roberto"
  • Paula Prado
    Key Cast
    "Roberto's Mother"
  • Daniel Muñoz
    Key Cast
    "Uncle Antonio"
    Mi Amigo Alexis, Allende en su Laberinto, Taxi para tres, Historias de Fútbol
  • Malucha Pinto
    Key Cast
    "Old Beauty"
    No, Rojo La Película, La Candelaria, El fotógrafo
  • Luis Dubó
    Key Cast
    "Orellana Wasted"
    Dawson Isla 10, El año del Tigre, , Fuga, Prófugos HBO
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    La Vida Simplemente
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 50 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    May 15, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    350,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Chile
  • Country of Filming:
    Chile
  • Language:
    Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    Red
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2:35
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Platino Awards
    Xcaret
    Mexico
    Platino Awars Pre selection
Distribution Information
  • La Marioneta Film Corporation
    Sales Agent
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Guillermo Salinas Flores

Filmmaker graduated from the University of Arts and Communication Sciences, Uniacc. Begins his career working with the most prominent directors of the country: Raul Ruiz, Miguel Littin, working in different areas. Has worked as The First Director Assistance in different Chilean films such as "Dawson Island 10" from Miguel Littin (Chilean representative to the Oscar Academy Awards), " The Illiterates " (Winner of Sanfic 9 as Best Chilean Film and People’s Award) and in " Allende in his Labyrinth " by Miguel Littin. Nowadays he is developing two feature film projects on his own authorship: "Corruption" and " Life Itself", the last one winner of the Audiovisual Fund of Regional Production and Consejo Nacional de Televisión fund.

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Director Statement

"Life Itself" speaks about the childhood concept, struggling against an aggressive,
miserable, Inhospitable and even strange to the child soul, a child with desires to be an
adult. But it is not adulthood what Roberto needs, what he needs is to grow and become
a whole person. He needs to learn that the physical and psychological violence he suers
is not the one that will end in his death, but that surrendering to conformism and the lack
of expectations and dreams is what will finally end with his childhood and will make him
one more person, without projections, Without thoughts, in a machine that only
produces money for the overvalued "pleasures" of life (wine, women, etc.).
This fight of David against Golliat is what the film wants to show. It is the struggle
between the poorest peasant children against a remote village context and blinded by the
money from the copper mines. How can a person, in these conditions, even dream of
becoming an adventurer like Simbad, or overcome his limitations until the point of being
a hero like Tom Thumb? How can a small child replete with impetus and loves can fight
the crushing machinery of prostitution, alcohol, neglect and ignorance?
This film is the adventure of this little hero who takes his slingshot and is armed with his
"little stones" to shoot down a giant that destroys souls to the point that they are not
reborn. This movie is "Simply Life, childhood in spite of everything".