Spider (2019 film)

Spider (Spanish: Araña) is a 2019 Chilean thriller film directed by Andrés Wood.[1] It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.[2] It was selected as the Chilean entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.[3][4]

Spider
Film poster
Directed byAndrés Wood
StarringMaría Valverde
Mercedes Morán
Release date
  • 15 August 2019 (2019-08-15)
CountryChile
LanguageSpanish

Plot

Inés (22), along with her husband Justo (28) and their best friend, Gerardo (23), are members of Fatherland and Liberty, a chilean right-wing paramilitary group of nationalist and neo-fascist ideology supported by the CIA, that performed multiple terrorist acts in the early 1970s in order to overthrow the leftist government of Popular Unity and Salvador Allende.

In the heat of this fight they are involved in a risky and passionate love triangle. Together they commit a political crime that changes the country's history and incidentally involves them in a great betrayal that separates them forever.

Forty years later, Gerardo reappears. Not only does revenge inspire him, but also his youth's obsession to revive the nationalist cause, now focused on street crime and haitian immigration. The police surprise him with an arsenal of war in his house. Inés, today a powerful and influential businesswoman, will do what is in her hands so that Gerardo does not disclose her past or her husband's.

Cast
  • María Valverde as Young Inés
  • Mercedes Morán as Inés
  • Marcelo Alonso as Gerardo
  • Pedro Fontaine as young Gerardo
  • Felipe Armas as Justo
  • Gabriel Urzúa as young Justo
  • María Gracia Omegna as Nadia
  • Mario Horton as José
  • Benjamin Westfall as Doctor Sepulveda
  • Jaime Vadell as Don Ricardo
  • Caio Blat as Antonio
  • Martín Salcedo as José's brother
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See also

References
  1. "Film Factory Boards Andrés Wood's Fox-Distributed Araña". Variety. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  2. "Toronto Adds The Aeronauts, Mosul, Seberg, & More To Festival Slate". Deadline. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  3. ""Araña" de Andrés Wood representará a Chile en los premios Goya y Oscar". 24horas. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  4. Mango, Agustin. "Oscars: Chile Picks 'Spider' for International Feature Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
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