My Brothers Dream Awake
Ángel and his brother Franco have been in a youth detention center for a year. After a violent event, the idea of escaping through a riot arises among the prisoners. Ángel distrusts the plan but, worried about Franco’s health, he begins to see it as his only way out
Claudia Huaiquimilla
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Also Directed by Claudia Huaiquimilla
It's June 24 and the people of Lawan, a Mapuche community in southern Chile, are planning a big celebration for Saint John's Eve. Despite this, Cheo a restless and misfit kid, is not happy because this means the return of his father to the community. He is a violent man who, when he drinks too much, vent his anger with his family, unleashing in Cheo strong desires for revenge.
After the rebellious Tano is arrested for his participation in a gas station robbery, he is sent from the city of Santiago to live with his estranged father in the remote mountain community of Wallmapu. There he meets Cheo, a shy Mapuche boy, who is being bullied at school. Though friendship between these two very different youths seems unlikely, the complications and violence of the world around them bonds them in unexpected and transformative ways.
