''Rara'' is a 2016 Chilean-Argentine

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directed by Pepa San Martín, written by

Alicia Scherson Alicia Scherson (born 1974 in Santiago, Chile) is a Chilean film director, screenwriter, and producer. Biography Scherson studied filmmaking in the Escuela de Cine de Cuba and in 1999 received a Fulbright Scholarship to study for a Master of ...

, and starring Julia Lübbert and Mariana Loyola. It is the first feature film produced by Manufactura de Películas, based in

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, and co-produced by Le Tiro Cine, from

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. ''Rara'' won the Jury Prize at the

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in 2016, and received an Horizontes Latinos Award at the 64th edition of the San Sebastian Film Festival in 2016.

Plot

Sara, a 13-year-old girl, faces challenges with school, boys, hiding a secret from her best friend, and her parents quarreling. She has no problems with her mother living with another woman, even if her father does not agree.

Cast

* Julia Lübbert as Sara * Emilia Ossandón as Catalina * Mariana Loyola as Paula * Agustina Muñoz as Lía * Daniel Muñoz as Víctor *

Sigrid Alegría Sigrid Alegría Conrads (born 18 June 1974) is a Chilean film and television actress. Alegría began her acting debut in the Televisión Nacional de Chile, TVN soap opera ''Borrón y cuenta nueva (TV series), Borrón y cuenta nueva'' in 1998, pl ...

as Nicole * Coca Guazzini as Icha * Enrique Bustamante as school counselor * Luz Croxatto as Eugenia * Claudia Celedón as Ximena * Micaela Cristi as Pancha *

Nicolás Vigneaux Nicolás Vigneaux Poirot (born March 8, 1997, in Santiago) is an actor known by his first television series Mujeres de lujo who played Moses. also had a cameo in the TV series ''Infiltradas'' on Chilevisión Chilevisión (often abbreviated as ...

as Julián

Awards

References

External links

* {{IFFI Award for Best Debut Film of a Director, state=collapsed 2016 films Argentine comedy films Argentine LGBTQ-related films Chilean comedy films Chilean LGBTQ-related films 2010s Spanish-language films 2016 LGBTQ-related films Chilean coming-of-age films Argentine coming-of-age films LGBTQ-related coming-of-age comedy films 2010s Argentine films 2010s Chilean films