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Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Youth
Bad Influence (2016)
Arrested after a violent gas station robbery, troubled Santiago youth Tano is remanded to the custody of his father Javier, an auto mechanic living in the small mountain community of Wallmapu. Soon the wayward teen befriends shy, awkward Cheo, whose indigenous Mapuche community fights against the displacement and destruction wrought by a massive local pulp mill. The bond between the two boys quickly deepens against the pressures of schoolyard cruelty and the troubled home lives of each, forcing a reckoning in both boys with themselves and the world around them.
| Country | Chile |
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| Year | 2016 |
| Duration | 89 min |
| Rating | 15 |
| Language | Spanish |
| Subtitle | English, Czech |
| Directed by | Claudia Huaiquimilla |
| Screenplay | Claudia Huaiquimilla, Pablo Greene |
| Director of Photography | Matias Illanes |
| Music | Miranda Y Tobar |
| Edited by | Valeria Hernandez |
| Contact | Alpha Violet |
Biography
A writer and director from Chile of the Mapuca ethnic group, who are the inspiration for her films, she graduated in audiovisual studies at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile in Santiago de Chile. She directed the short film Saint John’s Eve (San Juan, la noche más larga, 2012) with which she gained recognition at many international film festivals. Her feature film debut is the drama Bad Influence (Mala junta, 2016).
Drama, Youth, Exotic, Family, Human Rights, Friendship, Positive Choices, Tradition, Fatherhood, Politics, Youth