The Invented Biography
Fall Grants 2017
Nicolás Lasnibat / Feature Documentary / France, Chile, Qatar / 2018 / 94 min / Original Language: French, Spanish / Interests: Biography, Docufiction, Creative Documentary
Synopsis
Arturo Belano, alter ego of the writer Roberto Bolaño, shared with his creator a significant part of his biography. The film searches for him in places where his stories and novels occur, meeting with real and imaginary characters, in a territory where reality and fiction have a blurred frontier. A new form of the literary biopic, where the writer and his character turn into one and the same person.
Credits
- Director
- Nicolás Lasnibat
- Screenwriter
- Nicolás Lasnibat
- Producer
- Xavier Rocher
- Production Company
- La Fabrica Nocturna Cinéma
About the Director
Nicolás Lasnibat was born in Valparaiso, Chile, in 1975. He studied film direction at the French cinema school La Fémis. His graduation work '30 years' featured at the Venice Film Festival and won the Best Short Film award in San Sebastián, Toulouse, Rome, among more than 50 festivals selection worldwide. He recently finished his latest film 'Everything You Cannot Leave Behind You' with the support of the CNC and ARTE TV. He also worked as assistant director for Patricio Guzman on his films 'Nostalgia for the Light' (Festival de Cannes, European Film Award for Best Documentary), and 'The Pearl Button', which was awarded in Berlin.
Awards and Festival History
Festivals
"Santiago IFF 2018 (WP)
CPH:DOX 2019"
Contacts
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Main Contact
Xavier Rocher
- Company:
- La Fabrica Nocturna Cinéma
- Phone:
- +33175516231
- Email:
- xavier@lafabricanocturna.com