Über den Regisseur

Juan Olea began his career as a director of video clips, short films and experimental videos that were shown at film festivals in Chile. In 2014, he directed the feature film “The Lamb”, which was shown at the Biarritz, Havana and San Francisco film festivals and won the award for best director at the Santiago International Film Festival (SANFIC). In 2017, he directed the television mini-series “Pega Martín Pega". BITTER GOLD is his second feature film.

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„Through magnificent landscapes and a tense drama, the director allows us to perceive that in the face of the impossible, hope remains.“ (interfilm)

“Sometimes the worst tragedies can become opportunities for profound change. Carola, a young woman in northern Chile, decides to take her life into her own hands and fight against the patriarchal structures and brutal laws of the jungle. As in the resurrection of Christ, she descends into the depths of hell in order to emerge stronger. She finds a self-empowerment that becomes the key to a new life. With magnificent landscapes and exciting dramaturgy, the director shows that even in the face of the impossible, hope remains.” - Jury statement Prize of the Ecumenical Jury 40th Warsaw Film Festival