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Locarno Film ‘My Brothers Dream Awake’ Paints a Portrait of Adolescent Dreams Burned by the Chilean System
Claudia Huaiquimilla, which premiered in the Cineasti del Presente competition at the 74th Locarno Film Festival.Huaiquimilla’s second feature follows the boys Ángel and Franco (non-professional actors Iván Cáceres and César Herrera), two brothers who have been locked up for a year in a National Service for Minors (SENAME) center, awaiting trial. Despite the hostile conditions of the place, they support each other and create bonds with the other boys and girls, share the routine of confinement, trying to stay alive while dreaming of the day they will get back their freedom.
