Lost Queens

2015 Chilean film
  • May 21, 2015 (2015-05-21) (Cannes Film Festival)
Running time
28 minutesCountryChileLanguageSpanish

Lost Queens, or Locas Perdidas, is a short film of Chilean director Ignacio Juricic. The film was released at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, where it was one of just 18 short films shortlisted from a list of 1,600 for the Cinéfondation[1] and won second prize.[2]

Plot

In 1996, 18-year-old Rodrigo is arrested by the police in a televised raid on the club where he works as a drag queen. He returns home fearful that his family will see him on the news. While all the family is getting ready for a wedding, he makes plans to run away with the 48-year-old hairdresser Mauricio, a family friend and Rodrigo's boyfriend.[3]

See also

  • Cinema of Chile

References

  1. ^ "Cannes Festival website". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 2007-10-14. Retrieved 2015-06-30.
  2. ^ "Cinéfondation award winners news". cinefondation.com. Retrieved 2015-06-30.
  3. ^ "LOCAS PERDIDAS (LOST QUEENS)". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2015-06-30.
  • Cannes Film Festival official review
  • Official website Archived 2015-08-01 at the Wayback Machine
  • Lost Queens at IMDb
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