Bonsai

Chilean writer/director Cristin Jimenez helms this quirky literary romance adapted from a novella by Alejandro Zambra. Julio (Diego Noguera) and Emilia (Nathalia Galgani) meet at a party at university, and bond over the mutual white lie that both have read a work by Proust. They move into a languorous relationship centred round sex and literature. Eight years later, Julio (still prone to telling white lies) finds himself 'accidentally' writing a novel about his relationship with Emilia, which he reads in instalments to his current lover, Blanca (Trinidad Gonzalez), under the pretence that he is transcribing the work of a famous novelist.

Director: Cristián Jiménez
Producer: Bruno Bettati
Producer: Julie Gayet
Producer: Nadia Turincev
Writer: Cristián Jiménez
Music: Caroline Chaspoul
Music: Eduardo Henríquez
Cinematographer: Inti Briones
Actor: Gabriela Arancibia
Actor: Cristóbal Briceño
Actor: Julio Carrasco
Actor: Nathalia Galgani
Actor: Trinidad González
Actor: Ingrid Isensee
Actor: Paola Lattus
Actor: Hugo Medina
Actor: Diego Noguera
Actor: Alicia Rodríguez
Actor: Andrés Waas