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CHARCOAL [CARVAO]<br />
DIR. CAROLINA MARKOWICZ | BRAZIL, ARGENTINA | 107 MIN. | 2022<br />
THURSDAY | JUNE 1 | 9:15PM | TCL CHINESE 6 THEATRES<br />
Somewhere in the Brazilian countryside, married couple Irene (Maeve Jinkings) and Jairo (Rômulo Braga) and their nineyear-old<br />
son Jean (Jean Costa) live with Irene’s bedridden father in a precarious, stagnant situation, barely making ends<br />
meet out of their small charcoal production business.<br />
Their strained lives change when a shady nurse offers them a diabolical deal: put their elder to rest and host instead an<br />
Argentinian drug kingpin who urgently needs a place to hide.<br />
For her unsettlingly precise feature-film debut, writer-director Carolina Markowicz blends biting social commentary on the<br />
pervasive forces that prey on the least fortunate. The subtly shifting points of view often take us back to little Jean, whose<br />
cold and witty analysis of the situation amplifies the disturbing motifs that lie at the heart of this bizarre story.<br />
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DAUGHTER OF RAGE [LA HIJA DE TODAS LAS RABIAS]<br />
DIR. LAURA BAUMEISTER | NICARAGUA | 91 MIN. | 2022<br />
SATURDAY | JUNE 3 | 5:15PM | TCL CHINESE 6 THEATRES<br />
PRESENTED WITH PRELUDE OF A STORY | ASHLEY SALMAN | CHILE | 17 MIN. | <strong>2023</strong><br />
In this heart-rending yet eerily poetic debut from Laura Baumeister — the first feature narrative directed by a Nicaraguan<br />
female filmmaker — the bond between an 11-year-old girl and her mother is tested when they are suddenly separated while<br />
eking out a precarious existence near the country’s biggest landfill.<br />
María lives with her mom Lilibeth near Nicaragua’s biggest landfill, an oppressive place where the pair scramble to survive<br />
by recycling metal scraps and breeding their dog to sell the puppies.<br />
Soon though, the situation gets complicated by local men ready to take advantage of their precarious position, and Lilibeth<br />
decides to leave María in the hands of a couple who run a sweatshop while she tries to solve things.
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