Courtesy of TIFF
The trailer for the new film by Pablo Larraín has arrived. Ema stars Mariana di Girolamo and Gael García Bernal and has just received its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival where it has received reasonable to strong reviews. It will also bow at TIFF, which kicks off this week.
Here’s the synopsis from that festival:
Set in the scenic seaport city of Valparaíso, the latest from Pablo Larraín — whose Oscar-nominated Jackie won the Festival’s Platform Prize in 2016 — reunites the visionary Chilean auteur with Mexican superstar Gael García Bernal (No, screening in the Cinematheque programme at this year’s Festival) for an incendiary drama about art, desire, and family.
Ema (Mariana di Girolamo) is a talented young dancer whose roots lie in the carnal reggaetón grooves she and her friends perform to in the city streets, but she’s forged a career as part of a more cerebral modern-dance ensemble helmed by her husband, choreographer Gastón (García Bernal, also at the Festival as director of Chicuarotes).
Larraín is on a roll following the superb Neruda and the English-language Jackie with Natalie Portman which went on to receive three Oscar nominations. I’m intrigued by his new one, returning to his native Chile. Here’s the trailer.
