Shadow Girl
While editing her last film in Toronto, filmmaker Maria Teresa Larraín suddenly loses her sight. Battling despair and misplaced shame, she closes the doors to her past and decides to face her loss alone. However, when her mother dies in Chile she returns to the country she left thirty years ago. There, walking the streets of Santiago, she meets Andrés Albornoz aka Bird Man, and finds herself drawn into a new world: that of the blind street vendors of the Alameda, the main avenue of the city. This fortuitous encounter will change her life forever.
- Runtime
- 1h 15m
- Released
- 2016
Details
Release year: 2016
Storyline
While editing her last film in Toronto, filmmaker Maria Teresa Larraín suddenly loses her sight. Battling despair and misplaced shame, she closes the doors to her past and decides to face her loss alone. However, when her mother dies in Chile she returns to the country she left thirty years ago. There, walking the streets of Santiago, she meets Andrés Albornoz aka Bird Man, and finds herself drawn into a new world: that of the blind street vendors of the Alameda, the main avenue of the city. This fortuitous encounter will change her life forever.
Top credits
- Maria Teresa Larrain — Self
- Cristian Larraín Navarro — Self - Maria Teresa Larraín's brother
- Celia Navarro de Larraín — Self - Maria Teresa Larraín's mother
- Ana María Larraín Navarro — Self - Maria Teresa Larraín's sister