"Il Cileno" by Sergio Castro-San Martín to Debut at Locarno Film Festival

Chilean cinema has reached another international milestone with the confirmation that "Il Cileno" will be part of the prestigious Official Selection at the Locarno Film Festival. Directed by Sergio Castro-San Martín, the film is the fourth production from national company EQUECO, following the success of "Denominación de Origen." It represented a complex, eight-year challenge to establish a coproduction between Chile, Italy, and Switzerland.

The story transports viewers to 1976, focusing on Aldo (Camilo Arancibia), an explosives expert living in exile in Turin. Desperate to reunite with his wife and son, he accepts a dangerous task: manufacturing bombs for revolutionary groups in exchange for their assistance. The feature film, which also stars Andrew Bargsted, is set to be screened outdoors to an audience of over six thousand people in Piazza Grande, the heart of the festival and one of Europe's largest screens.

The inclusion of "Il Cileno" follows the previously announced competition entry "Princesa Burro," by the duo León and Cociña. These selections mark the complete list of Chilean productions to be presented at the festival, scheduled to take place from August 5 to 15.