Bonsai

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Cristóbal Briceño
Hippie

Ingrid Isensee
Vecina

Paola Lattus
Vendedora

Hugo Medina
Gazmuri

Diego Noguera
Julio

Alicia Rodríguez
Alumna de latín

Gabriela Arancibia
Bárbara

Julio Carrasco
Poeta excéntrico

Nathalia Galgani
Emilia

Trinidad González
Blanca

Cristián Jiménez
Director

Cristián Jiménez
Screenwriter

Bruno Bettati
Producer

Julie Gayet
Producer

Nadia Turincev
Producer

Caroline Chaspoul
Original Music

Eduardo Henríquez
Original Music

Inti Briones
Cinematographer

Soledad Salfate
Film Editor

Soledad Gaspar
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• May 14, 2012

  In "Bonsai," a group of university students spend the night together at a friend's house where they all pair off. That leaves Julio(Diego Noguera) looking for company which he finds with Emilia(Nathalia Galgani). Of the two, he is the first one to take off his trendy T-shirt, revealing the worst sunburn lines in history. After they become a couple, he also helps her move in with her friend Barbara(Gabriela Arancibia). (At some point in the future, Emilia will die and Julio will be alone.) Eight years later, Julio is working a series of odd jobs that includes word processing for Gazmuri(Hugo Medina), a noted author. Except he finds that somebody can do the job cheaper. That does not stop Julio from continuing with the job, concocting his own manuscript, while carrying on with his neighbor Blanca(Trinidad Gonzalez), an interpreter. Armed with a sardonic wit, "Bonsai" is a thoughtful movie about revisiting the past through creative writing, by posing some intriguing questions. Is it ever too late to reclaim what was lost? Or maybe there was no hope in the first place. For Julio, this line of thought arises when he is meeting someone new, as he also remembers his first introduction to the writing of Proust who had his own second thoughts.(Before a showing of the movie of "Time Regained," the speaker asked the audience if we had all read Proust, like in this movie. I hadn't) But with any difficult literature, maybe Julio is not experienced enough to comprehend it well at a time when he was taking a lot for granted. Remember, just because you are smart, does not mean you know everything.
  Walter M Super Reviewer

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