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Memorias de un cuerpo que arde

Memories of a Burning Body
Panorama 2024
© Substance Films
Growing up in a repressive era when sexuality was a taboo subject, 68-year-old Ana, 69-year-old Patricia and 71-year-old Mayela developed their understanding of what it means to be a woman based on unspoken rules and implicit expectations. Now they dare to talk about it openly. The memories, secrets and longings of the three are interwoven in a poetic way: while the women tell their stories off-screen, they fill the body of another woman of their generation who incarnates their lives.
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by Antonella Sudasassi Furniss
with Sol Carballo, Paulina Bernini, Juliana Filloy, Liliana Biamonte, Juan Luis Araya, Gabriel Araya, Leonardo Perucci, Cecilia García Costa Rica / Spain 2024 Spanish 90’ Colour World premiere

With

  • Sol Carballo (Woman)
  • Paulina Bernini (Young Woman)
  • Juliana Filloy (Girl)
  • Liliana Biamonte (Mother)
  • Juan Luis Araya (Husband)
  • Gabriel Araya (Father)
  • Leonardo Perucci (Boyfriend)
  • Cecilia García (Grandmother)

Crew

Director Antonella Sudasassi Furniss
Screenplay Antonella Sudasassi Furniss
Cinematography Andrés Campos Sánchez
Editing Bernat Aragonés
Music Juano Damiani
Sound Design Fernando Novillo
Sound Sergio Gutiérrez Solórzano
Production Design Amparo Baeza Infante
Costumes Patricia Alvarado Hurtado
Make-Up Gabriel Hidalgo
Casting Kim Picado Gutiérrez
Producer Antonella Sudasassi Furniss
Executive Producers Antonella Sudasassi Furniss, Manrique Cortés Castro, Estephania Bonnett Alonso
Co-Producer Estephania Bonnett Alonso
Co-Production Playlab Films Barcelona

World sales

Bendita Film Sales

Produced by

Substance Films

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Antonella Sudasassi Furniss

The director, screenwriter, and producer was born in Costa Rica. Her first film, The Awakening of the Ants, premiered at the Berlinale Forum in 2019 and was selected for more than 65 international festivals, representing the country at the Academy Awards and becoming the first Costa Rican film to be recognized by the Platino Awards and the first Central American movie to receive a Goya Award nomination. Memories of a Burning Body is her second film.

Filmography (selection)

2008 Descartable; short film 2010 De cómo para Cecilia el rojo dejó de ser fuego; short film 2016 El despertar de las hormigas: niñez; short film 2019 El despertar de las hormigas (The Awakening of the Ants) 2024 Memorias de un cuerpo que arde (Memories of a Burning Body)

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2024