Cinema
Gringuito
Sergio M. Castilla · 1998
Synopsis
Iván, nicknamed the Gringuito, grew up in New York, where his Chilean parents lived in exile; his father, who has become an environmentalist in the United States, brings the family back to their home country. The boy, who is eight according to Variety, feels a stranger there, resents his parents and fears that his mother's pregnancy will steal their attention from him. Soon after arriving in Santiago, he runs away and meets el Flaco, an itinerant fruit seller who looks after him and becomes his friend.
Context
Co-written with J. B. Miller and produced by the director's own company, the film was shown in 1998 at the Vancouver festival, where Variety saw in it a reconciliation harder than its culture-clash plot suggests. Sebastián Pérez plays Iván in it, alongside Catalina Guerra, Mateo Iribarren and Alejandro Goic; Castilla himself appears as a homeless man in the New York section. The Clinic counts it among the best-remembered films of its author.
Who it is for
A childhood story of an hour and a half, set between New York and Santiago; no French release attested.
Prizes and reception
Praised by the Variety critic in 1998, and remained its director's best-known title.
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