THE BAD INTENTIONS

LAS MALAS INTENCIONES

Feature Film Competition

Director Rosario García-Montero

Peru/Germany/Argentina, 2011, 107 min, color

Spanish with English Subtitles

EXHIBITION PREMIERE: February 16, 2012

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SYNOPSIS:

With humor and heart, this offbeat drama tells the story of Cayetana, a solitary Peruvian girl with a vivid imagination, who is convinced that she will have to die the day her brother is born.

CAST AND CREDITS:

Director: Rosario García-Montero

Writer: Rosario García-Montero

Starring: Fátima Buntinx, Katerina D’Onofrio, Paul Vega, Kani Hart, Melchor Gorrochategui, Jean Paul Strauss

BAD INTENTIONS LAS MALAS INTENCIONES

Feature Film Competition

Director Rosario García-Montero, Peru/Germany/Argentina, 2011, 107 min, color

Spanish with English Subtitles

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OVERVIEW:

Peru, 1982. Cayetana, a nine-year-old girl, grows up in a privileged household in Lima. She is raised by maids. Her mother is abroad for several months with her stepfather, studying. Finally, the couple returns and Cayetana learns that her mother is pregnant. Her vivid imaginary world, in which she had secluded herself, collapses. She is convinced that she will die the day her little brother is born. She turns to her father, but he is an unreliable good-for-nothing. She plunges back into her fantasy world, populated by the historical national heroes who she has learned about in school – if she must go down, she will do so like a hero. Meanwhile, the house is bustling with preparations for the Christmas holidays, with everybody seemingly unfazed by the terrorist attacks shaking the country. Only Cayetana doesn’t share in this joy. She is engaged in a desperate struggle to remain present in the eyes of everyone – and especially her mother. When her grandmother takes her to the beach along with her favorite cousin Jimena, things finally begin to look up...

A life-affirming and humorous journey into both the reality and imagination of a 9-year-old, as seen through the eyes of South American Magic Realism.

DIRECTOR BIO: Rosario García-Montero

Named one of the 25 New Faces of Independent Film by Filmmaker Magazine, Peruvian filmmaker Rosario García-Montero’s work has earned her awards and recognition around the world, including official selection at the Sundance Film Festival:

Sundance Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION Park City, UT

Asiana Film Festival WINNER GRAND JURY AWARD Seoul, South Korea

New York Expo WINNER GOLD AWARD FOR FICTION New York, NY

Molodist Film Festival WINNER BEST SHORT AWARD Kiev, Ukraine

Arizona Film Festival SPECIAL JURY AWARD Tucson, AZ

Ft. Lauderdale Film Festival WINNER KODAK AWARD STUDENT CATEGORY Ft. Lauderdale, FL

WESTfest WINNER HORIZON AWARD AND EDITING MENTION Austin, TX

Rosario García-Montero has an international education in film which ranges from her degree in Film Studies from the University of Lima, her M.A. in Film from the New School University in New York and workshops at the Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión (EICTV) in Cuba, where she worked on the script for The Bad Intentions.