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WHITE ON WHITE

( 2018 )
Feature Narrative Competition |
 
Spain
,
Chile
,
France
,
Germany
 |
 Spanish, English |
 100 min

About the film

Set in Tierra del Fuego at the beginning of the 20th century, the story follows Pedro, a seasoned portrait photographer whose services are requested by a plantation owner in Chile. While the job was originally to photograph the landowner’s future wife on the eve of their wedding, it takes a bizarre dimension when he discovers that the bride is just a little girl. The film had its world premiere at the Orizzonti competition of the 76th Venice Film Festival, where it was awarded for Best Director.

Director

Théo Court

Théo Court was born in 1980 in Spain to Chilean parents, and grew up between Spain and Chile. He pursued an education in photography in Madrid, and in 2000, he returned to Chile, where he studied film at Arcis University. In 2004, he earned his degree in film directing from the International Film and TV School in Cuba. His feature film debut Decline (2010) received the Best Cinematography prize at the 17th Festival MadridImagen, and his latest film White On White (2019) won the Best Director award and the FIPRESCI prize in the Orizzonti section of the 76th Venice International Film Festival.

Producer

José Alayón, Marina Alberti, Giancarlo Nasi, Andreas Banz, Eva Chillón

Production Company

El Viaje Films, Quijote Films, Kundschafter Filmproduktion, Pomme Hurlante Films

Screenplay

Théo Court, Samuel Delgado

Cinematography

José Alayón

Editing

Manuel Muñoz Ruiz

Sound

Carlos García, Joaquín Pachón, Claudio Vargas

Cast

Alfredo Castro, Lars Rudolph, Lola Rubio

Contacts

Producer

José Alayón, Marina Alberti, Giancarlo Nasi, Andreas Banz, Eva Chillón

Production Company

El Viaje Films, Quijote Films, Kundschafter Filmproduktion, Pomme Hurlante Films

Screenplay

Théo Court, Samuel Delgado

Cinematography

José Alayón

Editing

Manuel Muñoz Ruiz

Sound

Carlos García, Joaquín Pachón, Claudio Vargas

Cast

Alfredo Castro, Lars Rudolph, Lola Rubio

Contacts

More About Film

Tierra del Fuego was a hostile territory. In the prelude to the XX century, the marriage of an omnipotent latifundista, the owner of these lands snatched from the native inhabitants, lands now imbued with violence, is about to take place. A photographer arrives, in this last corner of the earth, to immortalize the union. The future wife, a girl travelling with him, becomes his obsession. It is an obsession that leads him to enter into a pact, where in exchange for betraying the forces of power, he is able to enjoy the girl’s innocent beauty. After losing his privileges due to this act of treason, his relation to the image moves beyond eroticism as it penetrates farther and farther into a society that coexists with the genocide of the Onas, the native people of this land. He becomes an accomplice participating with his photographs.

Producer

José Alayón, Marina Alberti, Giancarlo Nasi, Andreas Banz, Eva Chillón

Production Company

El Viaje Films, Quijote Films, Kundschafter Filmproduktion, Pomme Hurlante Films

Screenplay

Théo Court, Samuel Delgado

Cinematography

José Alayón

Editing

Manuel Muñoz Ruiz

Sound

Carlos García, Joaquín Pachón, Claudio Vargas

Cast

Alfredo Castro, Lars Rudolph, Lola Rubio

More About Film

Tierra del Fuego was a hostile territory. In the prelude to the XX century, the marriage of an omnipotent latifundista, the owner of these lands snatched from the native inhabitants, lands now imbued with violence, is about to take place. A photographer arrives, in this last corner of the earth, to immortalize the union. The future wife, a girl travelling with him, becomes his obsession. It is an obsession that leads him to enter into a pact, where in exchange for betraying the forces of power, he is able to enjoy the girl’s innocent beauty. After losing his privileges due to this act of treason, his relation to the image moves beyond eroticism as it penetrates farther and farther into a society that coexists with the genocide of the Onas, the native people of this land. He becomes an accomplice participating with his photographs.