In Her Place

Movie Details:

Cast & Characters:

• Elisa Zulueta as Mercedes
• Francisca Lewin as María Carolina Geel
• Marcial Tagle as Veloso
• Pablo Macaya as Efraín
• Cristián Carvajal as Concha
• Gabriel Urzúa as Domingo
• Sebastián Apiolaza as Retamal
• Pablo Schwarz as Montero
• Enrique Valenzuela as Gaspar
• Lucas Jadue as Samuel
• Adams Pino as Suárez
• Natalia Valdebenito as Matilde Guevara
• Francisca Feuerhake as Lucía Guevara
• Carlos Donoso as Rolando De La Fuente
• Néstor Cantillana as René
• Nicolás Saavedra as Roberto Pumarino
• Nicolás Zárate as Arnés (as Nicolás Zarate)
• Francisco Pérez-Bannen as Pedro Echeverría
• Rosario Bahamondes as Rosa
• Patricio Strahovsky as Vecino Suspicaz
• Maria José Parga as Adriana Silva
• Emilio Edwards as Walter Pumarino
• Felipe Zepeda Urrutia as Sergio Pumarino
• Nelson Polanco as Becs
• Paloma Salas as Clienta Marineritos
• Teresita Reyes as Madre Anunciación
• Agustín Moya as Pasmanik
• Claudio Riveros as Dumas
• Muriel Miranda as Rebecca
• Luis Cerda as Hugo
• Katy Cabezas as Angela
• Gustavo Becerra as Garzón Julio
• Andrés Skoknic as Hernán Díaz Arrieta
• Marcela Salinas as Panadera
• Mariana Loyola as Cora Danyau
• Ignacio Arriata as Reportero 1
• Nicolás Mena as Reportero 2
• Joaquin Ritter as Reportero 3
• Aaron Hernández as Fernando Arellano
• Guilherme Sepúlveda as Jorge Vargas
• Valentina Véliz Caileo as Madre Bebé
• Rodrigo Jiménez as Periodista Grita
• Rodolfo Herrera as Conductor Radial

Storyline:

English:

Chile, 1955. The case of María Carolina Geel, a popular writer who murders her lover, captivates Mercedes, a shy secretary working for the judge assigned to defend the accused.

Spanish:

Chile, 1955. Cuando la popular escritora María Carolina Geel asesina a su amante, el caso cautiva a Mercedes, la tímida actuaria del juez encargado del caso. Después de visitar el departamento de la escritora, Mercedes comienza a cuestionar su vida, identidad y el rol de la mujer en la sociedad al encontrar en ese hogar un oasis de libertad.

About Movie:

In Her Place (Spanish: El lugar de la otra) is a Chilean historical crime drama film based on the true story of writer María Carolina Geel, who, in 1955, killed her lover at the Crillón Hotel. The film offers a reinterpretation of a story from the book Las homicidas by Alia Trabucco Zerán.

The film was directed by Maite Alberdi and produced by Juan de Dios Larraín, Pablo Larraín, and Rocío Jadue. It stars Elisa Zulueta and Francisca Lewin in the lead roles.

According to Elisa Zulueta, she was involved in an accident during the production of the film while filming a scene.

In Her Place premiered on September 23, 2024, at the 72nd San Sebastián International Film Festival. The film also had a limited theatrical release in select Chilean cinemas on September 30, 2024. The film became available on Netflix on 11 October 2024.

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