Crystal Globe Competition / Detrás de la lluvia / Chile 2026
In all her films, director and editor Valeria Sarmiento has questioned the relationship between memory and the unconscious. Is it better to remain silent, hiding secrets so that things do not change (as in Secretos, 2008), or to seek true access to the most painful memories (as in Huellas, 2023)? In Behind the Rain, Sarmiento reflects on the very concept of repression. Sofía has just finished her psychology studies in Valparaíso (the city where Sarmiento was born) and returns to her hometown, Valdivia. Her return coincides with the discovery of a young girl's body, which awakens in her memories of childhood sexual abuse. Like a scratched film that looks like rain, Sofía must decide whether to stop the memory from resurfacing or to look beyond the rain, beyond the buried fears of an entire country.
Lorenzo Esposito
98 min / Color, Black & White, DCP
World premiere
Director Valeria Sarmiento
/ Screenplay Omar Saavedra Santis
/ Dir. of Photography Acácio de Almeida
/ Music Jorge Arriagada, Nicolás Ahumada
/ Sound Valeria Sarmiento
/ Editor Galut Alarcón
/ Producer Chamila Rodríguez
/ Production Poetastros
/ Cast Paula Prado, Cristián Arriagada, Aline Kuppenheim, Shlomit Baytelman, Chamila Rodríguez, Daniel Muñoz, Julio Milostich, Aimar Alarcón Rodríguez, Clara Vargas Arellano
/ Contact POETASTROS
Valeria Sarmiento. Selected filmography: Amelia Lopes O’Neil (1990), Rosa la China (2002), Secretos (2008), The Black Book (Le Cahier Noir, 2017), Behind the Rain (Detrás de la lluvia, 2026).
POETASTROS
Valdivia, Santiago, Valparaíso
Chile
E-mail: [email protected]
Valeria Sarmiento
Film Director
Chamila Rodríguez
Actress, Executive Producer
Paula Prado
Actress
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