Letters from Santiago (2014)
One day before her 18th birthday, Laura Hellmer finds out by chance that her mother Katharina, a renowned political journalist, has lied to her for years: Laura's father was not a Spanish war photographer who died before she was born, but probably lives and is in Chile. Without further ado, Laura sets off for South America to find her true father. While she is in Santiago following in the footsteps of her mother, who once reported on the victims of the Pinochet dictatorship, Katharina travels to her daughter.
Director: Peter Gersina
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Nilam Farooq as Laura Helmer |
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Christine Neubauer as Katharina Helmer |
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Bastián Bodenhöfer as Alvaro |
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Alejandro Goic as Ramon |
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Jan Jacobsen as Luis |
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Max Corvalán as Chocolo |
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Julio Jung as Jaime de Aránguiz |
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Bélgica Castro as Maria Solar |
| Directing | Peter Gersina | Director |
| Sound | Clemens Grulich | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Andreas Hintzsch | Sound Designer |
| Art | Hugo Tripodi | Production Design |
| Editing | Ann-Sophie Schweizer | Editor |
| Camera | Carsten Thiele | Director of Photography |
| Production | Regina Ziegler | Producer |
| Production | Wolfgang Hantke | Producer |
| Sound | Maurus Ronner | Music |
| Costume & Make-Up | Pamela Chamorro | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jutta Eckerlin | Costume Design |