Play

Alicia Scherson’s 2005 film Play was Chile’s entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the 78th Academy Awards.

Instituto Cervantes in New York, in collaboration with the Gabriela Mistral Foundation, the Consulate General of Chile in New York, and the North-American Chilean Chamber of Commerce, is pleased to invite you to the next session of Mamalluca: Chilean Cinema Series, a program celebrating contemporary Chilean cinema and its powerful ability to imagine possible futures from the Global South.

This session will feature a screening of Play (2005), directed by Alicia Scherson, Chile’s submission for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 78th Academy Awards. The film tells the story of Cristina, a young woman from southern Chile who works as a caretaker in Santiago and becomes entangled in the fragmented lives of others, exploring themes of identity, urban solitude, and human connection.

Following the screening, join us for a live Zoom Q&A with director Alicia Scherson, introduced by Roberto Brodsky.