Ángel and his younger brother Franco have been incarcerated in a juvenile prison for a year. Despite the difficulties, they have formed a solid group of friends with whom they spend their days sharing dreams of freedom. Everything changes when the arrival of a rebellious young man offers a possible escape: the only door to make those dreams come true. Inspired by many true events.
Mapuche director, scriptwriter and producer, as well as co-founder of production company Lanza Verde. She has taught film and screenwriting at the Universidad Católica, Universidad de Chile and Escuela de Cine. Her first short film ‘Saint John’s Eve’ (2013) was awarded at Clermont-Ferrand. She then wrote and directed her first feature film ‘Bad Influence’ (2016), winner of 40 awards and released in commercial cinemas in Chile and France. ‘My Brothers Dream Awake’ (2021), her second feature film, had its world premiere at the Locarno Film Festival. She is currently co-directing and co-writing the first Netflix original series in Chile, ‘42 Days In The Dark’. Among other activities, she has directed children’s series financed by the National Television Council of Chile, with an emphasis on children, territory and sociocultural heritage, in addition to working as a script consultant for different fiction projects and as curator of the Exhibition of Indigenous Cinema + Video, in Chile.