EXCLUSIVE: Chilean director Manuela Martelli will make her Cannes Official Selection debut in May with her second feature Meltdown premiering in Un Certain Regard, and Deadline can reveal a first teaser.
Set in Chile in 1992 during a a time of transition after Pinochet’s 17-year dictatorship, the drama follows 9-year-old Inès who befriends teenage German skier Hanna while staying at her grandparents’ remote hotel near an Andean ski resort. When Hanna vanishes without a trace, the search for her exposes hidden truths.
Paris-based Losange Films, which is handling international sales, has unveiled first a first teaser giving a taste of the film’s remote alpine feel and air of mystery.
Martelli is no stranger to Cannes having premiered her first feature film 1976 in Directors’ Fortnight in 2022, kicking off a long festival tour which also saw it set down at San Sebastian and the BFI London
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