Too Late to Die Young (film)
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Too Late to Die Young | |
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Directed by | Dominga Sotomayor Castillo |
Written by | Dominga Sotomayor Castillo |
Cinematography | Inti Briones |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
Country | Chile |
Language | Spanish |
Box office | $14,084[1][2] |
Too Late to Die Young (Spanish: Tarde para morir joven) is a 2018 Chilean film directed by Dominga Sotomayor Castillo.[3] She became the first woman ever to win the Leopard for Best Direction at the Locarno Festival.[4] This coming of age tale, set in Comunidad Ecológica de Peñalolén, an intentional rural community in Santiago's precordillera around 1990 new year's eve in Chile, follows a teen girl named Sofía (Demian Hernández) as she navigates adolescence.[5][6]
Cast[]
- Demian Hernández
- Antar Machado
- Magdalena Tótoro
- Andrés Aliaga
- Antonia Zegers
- Alejandro Goic
- Mercedes Mujica
- Gabriel Cañas
- Michael Silva
- Paola Lattus
Reception[]
The film currently has a 98% approval rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes based on 55 reviews, with an average rating of 7.6/10. The site's critics' consensus reads: "Too Late to Die Young uses one family's experiences as the foundation for a dreamily absorbing drama with a poignant, lingering warmth."[7] On Metacritic[8] the film holds an 80/100 average based on 15 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
References[]
- ^ "Too Late to Die Young (2019)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ^ "Too Late to Die Young (2019)". The Numbers. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
- ^ "Locarno first look: Too Late to Die Young depicts a country coming of age". Sight & Sound. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
- ^ "Leopard for Best Direction: Dominga Sotomayor". Locarno Festival. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ Weissberg, Jay (7 August 2018). "Film Review: 'Too Late to Die Young'". Variety. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- ^ Kohn, Eric (13 August 2018). "'Too Late to Die Young' Review: 'Captain Fantastic' Meets Lucrecia Martel in Stunning Tale of Growing Up in Small Moments". IndieWire. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- ^ "Too Late to Die Young". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ Too Late to Die Young, retrieved 9 October 2019
External links[]
- 2018 films
- Spanish-language films
- Chilean films
- Chilean drama films
- Chilean film stubs