Marcelo Martinessi is the writer-director of the award-winning The Heiresses, a story of relationship breakdown set in his native Paraguay – a country which after decades living under a dictatorship is only now starting to develop a film industry. The film won two Silver Bears at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival: Best Actress for Ana… Director Marcelo Martinessi On Filmmaking In Conservative Paraguay, & The Women Who Inspired Him Read More
The Heiresses 4 stars
*** Read my interview with The Heiresses director Marcelo Martinessi *** Director Marcelo Martinessi’s feature debut The Heiresses has no male characters at all. Men are sometimes talked about (dead or nearly dead husbands, gone to seed ex-lovers); and occasionally seen (prison visit extras, furniture removers). Chela (Ana Brun) and Chiquita (Margarita Irun) are a Paraguayan… The Heiresses Read More