Verano (2012)

During one hot summer day, little things happen to the visitors and workers of an old thermal resort in southern Chile. Julieta, Francisco, Isa, Rodrigo, Ignacio, Mariana, Muriel, Gabriela,... See full summary »

Director:

José Luis Torres Leiva

Writer:

José Luis Torres Leiva

Stars:

Rosario Blefari, Julieta Figueroa, Francisco Ossa

Cast

Cast overview:
Rosario Blefari	...	Isa
Julieta Figueroa	...	Julieta
Francisco Ossa	...	Francisco
Ignacio Agüero	...	Ignacio
Mariana Muñoz	...	Mariana
Muriel Miranda	...	Muriel
Rodrigo Lisboa	...	Rodrigo
Norma Ortiz	...	Norma
Claudio Riveros	...	Claudio
Alejandra Moffat	...	Alejandra
Gabriela Aguilera	...	Gabriela
Eliseo Atallah Aguilera	...	Eliseo

Storyline

During one hot summer day, little things happen to the visitors and workers of an old thermal resort in southern Chile. Julieta, Francisco, Isa, Rodrigo, Ignacio, Mariana, Muriel, Gabriela, Eliseo, Norma, Alejandra and Claudio experience the long vacation hours in nature, sleeping in the sun, learning how to drive, cleaning the house, kissing for the first time, swimming at night or just walking and talking, while the day slowly unravels into small fragments of happiness and discovery.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Details

Country:

Chile

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

27 January 2012 (Netherlands)

Also Known As:

Lato

Company Credits

Production Co:

La Ventura

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Barely anything happens in this film. Nothing in it for me, in need of a plot, morale, message, whatever

I saw this film as part of the Rotterdam Film Festival 2012. Alas, I did not heed the warning signs in the announcement text as published on the festival website. It specifically stated that only small things would happen in the summer resort. Yet nobody could expect it to be that little, being merely a series of holiday snapshots with no connecting story line to speak of. Maybe I'm a too rational guy, who does not pick up the atmosphere?? That should be it. Anyway, I did not wait until the end to find out whether something not-so-small was about to happen. Maybe I was wrong, but it was the last film of a full festival day. The decision to walk out was easy for that reason alone.

Some people challenged my conclusion, thereby calling me a "nerd". I should temporarily stop my brains, and just let my feelings do the work. I'm indeed a fully qualified nerd, with all certifications and titles that go along with it. And I confess: movies must make sense to me, be it a plot, a morale, a message, whatever. From the 46 films I saw with this festival, only 3 failed in this respect, including this one.