DEAR FATHER Exclusive: First Images From Chilean Thriller, Presented at Marche du Film This Week
We have your first look at the Chilean thriller titled Dear Father ahead of the project's market debut during March du Film. Part of the previously announced launch of VDF Connection, Dear Father recently completed filming and is now in post-production. A teaser will be shared with buyers, distributors and other industry professionals this Friday.
Manuel, a lonely man caring for his senile mother, faces a painful past: he forced his first love to have an abortion. His life has been on hold ever since. Repressed memories of abuse at an orphanage resurface. As he seeks redemption, he uncovers a clerical cover-up that links his trauma to the Church’s darkest secrets.
Dear Father will the directorial debut of Eduardo Topelberg. From the announcement below it turns out that Topelberg was, 'a key figure in Chilean heavy metal for decades', so now we are compelled to look that up. For the sake of our ears, for the sake of our ears.
The screenplay was written by a familiar name, Lucio A Rojas. They too have their own project, Profanity, in the VDF Connection launch this week.
The gallery of exclusive stills follows the announcement and more information about the title.
Thriller directed by Eduardo Topelberg Kleinkopf reveals its first images.As part of the Marché du Film in Cannes and through VDF Connection, a teaser of Dear Father will be showcased — a film whose shooting wrapped just a few weeks ago.The film is produced by Vakero Producciones in co-production with Fascinante Ent. The script and executive production were handled by Lucio A. Rojas. Directed by Eduardo Topelberg Kleinkopf — a key figure in Chilean heavy metal for decades — the film marks his directorial debut with a dark and brooding thriller currently in post-production.Synopsis: “Manuel, a lonely man caring for his senile mother, faces a painful past: he forced his first love to have an abortion. His life has been on hold ever since. Repressed memories of abuse at an orphanage resurface. As he seeks redemption, he uncovers a clerical cover-up that links his trauma to the Church’s darkest secrets.”Following its preview at the Marché du Film, the movie will continue in post-production throughout the rest of the year.The partnership between Vakero Producciones and Fascinante Ent also includes Lucio A. Rojas’ film Profanía, which will also have a teaser at the Marché du Film and is set for a world premiere during the second half of the year.As a result of this collaboration, Vakero Producciones and Fascinante Ent are developing other genre films, with the most prominent being Vorabitium — to be shot in Chile’s Aysén Region — and Malebolge, which will be filmed in Córdoba, Argentina.Dear Father stars Cristián Ramos Aliaga, Amaya Forch, Daniel Antivilo, Koke Santa Ana, Teresita Reyes, and other renowned Chilean actors.Its world premiere is scheduled for the first half of 2026.
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