Roberto Farías

Chile, 1976. Carmen heads off to her beach house to supervise its renovation. When the family priest asks her to take care of a young man he is sheltering in secret, Carmen steps away from the quiet life she is used to.

Winner of the World Cinema Prize at Sundance 2012. Biopic of Violeta Parra, a Chilean folksinger and pop cultural icon whose songs about social reform likened her to Edith Piaf and Bob Dylan. From the director of Manchuca.