Less and less is left for Bitter goldthe film starring Kat Sánchez and Francisco Melo I arrive at the country’s cinemas, with a story that explores how far the ambition can go when it crosses the need to survive in one of the most extreme places on the planet.
In full Atacama desert, a pirquinero and his teenage daughter keep a secret that could transform their lives: an illegal gold vein. But when another miner discovers the finding and violates violently, father and daughter are forced to defend themselves, unleashing fatal consequences.
In conversation with Redgol, the protagonists of the production delivered details of the film that will train in cinemas on May 8
Protagonists of bitter gold reveal details of its preparation for the film
About the power of the story and how it was to read it in the script, Pancho Melo comments. “That was, to meet a tremendous intense, imposing material, which had to do with going to film where in the most arid desert in the world, Face to totally new situations, see how small mining works, artisanal mining, discover this father-daughter link. ”
“I believe that all these elements made this discovery, as you propose in the script, a tremendous opportunity that did not have to pass,” the interpreter explained.
For his part, Katalina added: “I feel it was a gift. The cinema has given me a lot of trip to the north, specifically, and for me I reunite myself with those landscapes, with that place, but from another perspective, it was very beautiful. ”
“In addition, the work before (…) are years of effort, there are many people collaborating for that to happen and in the endwhat least takes the movie. Then, being part of one more link in this human group was a gift for me. ”
They also revealed the great preparation behind their roles where they were in contact with a real miner who also participated in the film. “Hannibal accompanied us during the filming. He became one more actor, which made it incredible, and was our mining coach,” Melo said.
And then add: “He became an actor and more on top, we were going and asked him things. But also, it is super exciting. ”
“They are trades that life has, but when you have the opportunity to discover what there is, You know the tip of the iceberg, but there is a story, Come see his house, see his family, listen to what this trade or this profession so rude, so raw, so at times ungrateful, but so exciting for them ”.
“For me it was a tremendous gift to meetNot only technically understand how mining works, but there are behind each of those miners. That is, that giant story, those years of inhuman efforts, but that love that had been presenting his trade, ”he said.
Kat added that the experience was “Very exciting, I was surprised how it looks and how the tremendous contribution is reflected that was Aníbal in itself and how, in some way, He gave us many and all the rest of the team, the fact of being able to approach and to interpret what it means to be in a mining pique, struggling to find the famous beta or the small glimpse of happiness that implies finding some material. ”
“That I think it was a tremendous contribution that I hope people value it. They will not recognize. The beautiful thing is that they will not recognize whether or not he is an actor, and that, but that Aníbal really was also able to mix with us as actors, he gave us and also he was part of our team as cast,” he said.
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