The Movie Teller (2023)

Name: The Movie Teller
Director: Lone Scherfig
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 2023-10-27
Duration: 1 h 56 min
Cast: Bérénice Bejo, Antonio de la Torre, Daniel Brühl, Sara Becker

Drama History

Director: Lone Scherfig

Cast: Bérénice Bejo, Antonio de la Torre, Daniel Brühl, Sara Becker

Runtime116 min

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María Margarita is the youngest of four siblings in a family living in a mining town in the Atacama Desert (Chile). The most special time of the week for this family is Sunday, when they all go to the movies to enjoy stories that let them escape their everyday lives by transporting them to other worlds. The girl’s parents soon realise that the little girl has a very special gift: an almost uncanny ability to recount movies. The girl’s extraordinary talent will spread throughout the village, changing the fortunes of her family as the country is transformed forever.

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Fans of thoughtful, character-driven dramas will find much to appreciate in The Movie Teller, Lone Scherfig's 2023 film featuring standout performances from Bérénice Bejo, Antonio de la Torre, and Daniel Brühl. The story's blend of historical context and the power of storytelling makes for an emotionally resonant exploration of family, community, and the transformative potential of cinema.

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The Movie Teller is a 2023 comedy-drama film directed by Lone Scherfig from a screenplay by Walter Salles, Rafa Russo, and Isabel Coixet based on the novel by Hernán Rivera Letelier. It stars Bérénice Bejo, Antonio de la Torre, Daniel Brühl, Sara Becker, and Alondra Valenzuela. It is a Chilean-Spanish-French international co-production, and follows a story where a girl's gift for recounting the events in Hollywood movies transforms her family's fortunes in rural 1960s Chile.