The Chilean film 'To Kill a Man' triumphs at Sundance

The film directed by Alejandro Fernández Almendras won the jury prize for best drama made outside the United States.

The thirtieth edition of the Sundance Film Festival, which closed last weekend in Park City, Utah (USA), has recognized the Chilean film Kill a man with the jury award for best drama made outside the United States. You would have to go back to 2009 to find a Latin American film in the honors of the prestigious festival. On that occasion, the jury recognized the work of Sebastián Silva in Day Nana.

Kill a man He convinced the jury with his argument that tells the story of a father who decides to take the law into his own hands, after the criminal who attacked his son is released from prison after receiving a lesser sentence.

Daniel Candia, Daniel Antivilo, Alejandra Yáñez and Ariel Mateluna lead the cast of this Chilean-French co-production, which is also the third project of Fernández, who previously directed the also praised Huacho y Sitting in front of the fire.

Whiplash, with two awards, and Rich Hill, with a single award, are the other two films that have captured the attention of the jury of this festival specialized in 'indie' productions.

Directed by 28-year-old Damien Chazelle and starring Miles Teller and J.K. simmons, Whiplash has won the Grand Jury Prize in the drama category.

For its part, Rich Hill which, directed by Tracy Droz Tragos and Andrew Droz Palermo, won the Grand Jury Prize in the documentary category, about the situation of poverty that affects three young teenagers who live in the rural town of Rich Hill in Moissouri.