Sofía has just finished her psychology studies in Valparaíso, Chile, and returns to her hometown, Valdivia. This return coincides with the discovery of a young girl’s body, which awakens buried memories of childhood in Sofía. She must decide whether to look beyond the rain and its veil to uncover a past that is painful and uncomfortable not only for herself but also for her whole community.
Director Valeria Sarmiento’s new film Behind the Rain world premiered in the Crystal Globe main competition of the 60th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Mixing beautiful black-and-white landscape images with the difficult subject matter of childhood sexual abuse, the movie is based on an original idea from Sarmiento and a screenplay that she worked on with the late Omar Saavedra Santis. The director of photography is Acácio de Almeida; the editor is Galut Alarcón.
The cast features Paula Prado, Cristián Arriagada, Aline Kuppenheim, Shlomit Baytelman, Chamila Rodríguez, Daniel Muñoz, Julio Milostich, Aimar Alarcón Rodríguez and Clara Vargas Arellano. Rodríguez is also the producer of the movie.
Sarmiento and Rodríguez, who have been collaborators since Secrets (2008), talked to THR, via an interpreter, about Behind the Rain and their hopes for the societal debate it could cause.
