Quebranto

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Quebranto.

The memory and testimony of two characters: Fernando García, known as Pinolito, who was a child actor in the seventies, and Doña Lilia Ortega, his mother, an actress. Fernando came out as a transsexual some years ago, and now calls herself Coral Bonelli. They live together in Garibaldi yearning for their past in the movies, while Coral bravely comes to terms with her gender identity. They both still perform.

Director.

A producer and film director, Roberto Fiesco was born in 1972. Among the long feature films he has produced, A Thousand Clouds of Peace Fence the Sky, Love; Your Being Love Will Never End (2003) and Raging Sun, Raging Sky (2008), both directed by Julián Hernández were awarded with the Teddy Award at Berlinale in 2003 and 2009; Broken Sky also directed by Julián Hernández was included in the official selection of Berlinale 2006. Fiesco has also produced: Partes usadas by Aarón Fernández (2006), winner of the Mayahuel Prize for the Best First Feature Film at Guadalajara Film Festival, Todos los días son tuyos by José Luis Gutiérrez (2007), Espiral (2007) by Jorge Pérez Solano and Martín al amanecer (2009) by Juan Carlos Carrasco. As a film director he has realised several short feature films such as Actos impuros, Paloma, Arrobo and David, winner of the IMCINE National Short Film Competition, and of the Guadalajara, Morelia and Turin LGBT Festivals. David also won the prize for the Best Actor at Huesca Film Festival and was the only Mexican short film to take part to Cannes Film Festival’s 2006 Critic’s Week.Quebranto marks Roberto Fiesco’s debut with the long form documentary.

Details.

  • Title
    Quebranto
  • Rights
    Festivals,
    Sales
  • Country
    Mexico
  • Year
    2013
  • Length
    95′, col.

  • Director
    Roberto Fiesco
  • Screenplay
    Roberto Fiesco,
    Julián Hernández
  • Editing
    Emiliano Arenales Osorio
  • Photography
    Mario Guerrero

  • Set Design
    Jesús Torres Torres
  • Sound
    Armando Narváez del Valle,
    Alejandro Zuno
  • Cast
    Coral Bonelli, Lilia Ortega,
    Jorge Fons

  • Producers
    Hugo Espinosa,
    Ernesto Martínez Arévalo
  • Production
    Mil Nubes-Cine, FOPROCINE,
    Ruta 66, FONCA, CUEC,
    Beca Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma – Ambulante


  • Guadalajara International Film Festival 2013 – Latin American Long Documentary Competition
  • San Francisco Frameline 2013
  • FICH Hermosillo IFF 2013
  • Durango New Cinema International Film Festival 2013
  • Madrid Reina Sofia Museum Ciclo Cine Mexicano 2013
  • San Sebastian International Film Festival – Sebastiane Latino Award 2013
  • Guanajuato International Film Festival 2013
  • Queer Lisboa – Documentary Competition 2013
  • Ciclo Rosa Bogotà 2013
  • Seminici Valladolid International Film Festival 2013
  • Raindance International Film Festival 2013
  • San José Costa Rica International Film Festival 2013
  • Mix Brasil São Paulo 2013
  • DOCSDF Mexico City 2013
  • Morelia International Film Festival 2013
  • FICG in Los Angeles 2013
  • Zanate Video and Documentary Film Festival 2013
  • Lesgaicinemad Madrid LGBT Film Festival 2013
  • Cine Cuatro Mexico City 2013
  • San Diego Latin Film Festival 2013
  • Mexican Cinema Tucson 2014
  • La Havana Latinamerican International Film Festival 2014
  • Acapulco International Film Festival 2014
  • aluCine Latin Film and Media Arts Festival Toronto 2014
  • Chicago Cine Latino Film Festival 2014
  • San Luis International Film Festival 2014
  • Cinhomo Valldolid 2014
  • Ambulante El Salvador 2014
  • Hola Mexico International Film Festival 2014
  • Barcelona Muestra Fire LGBT Film Festival 2014
  • Girona Muestra Fire òGBT Film Festival 2014
  • Muestra Cinema Mexicano España 2014
  • Aguascaliente International Film Festival 2014
  • Asterisco Buenos Aires LGBT Film Festival 2014
  • Vancouver Latin American Film Festival 2014
  • Outfest Perù 2014
  • FICS Santander 2014
  • Brussels Hispanoscope Latinamerican Film Festival 2014
  • Beeld Vor Beeld Film Festival Bogota 2014
  • Filmar Geneve 2014
  • Paris Viseur Documentary Festival 2014
  • Washington Tropical Film Festival 2014
  • Divergenti Bologna 2015
  • Feira Buenos Aires 2015
  • Filmoteca Catalunya Barcelona 2015
  • Bari BIG International Gender Film Festival 2015
  • El Lugar Sin Limites – Ecuador LGBT Film Festival 2015
  • North Carolina University Film Festival 2015
  • Zinegoak Bilbao 2016
  • Mix Mexico 2016
  • UAM Cuajimalpa, Mexico City 2016
  • Cine Club Santa Monica, Mexico City 2016
  • Laboratorio Arte Alameda 2016
  • Tampico Muestra de Cine Contemporaneo 2017
  • The Xposed, Berlin International Queer Film Festival 2017
  • Cineteca Nacional Mexico City 2019
  • Sonson Medellin 2019
  • Tamesis Medellin 2019
  • Kuir Bogotá 2019
  • Mix Mexico Mexico City 2020 – Out of Competition
  • Mix Mexico Mexico City 2021 – Rosa Mexicano
  • Casa America Mexico City 2021


  • Guadalajara International Film Festival 2013 – Guerrero de la Prensa Award
  • Guadalajara International Film Festival 2013 – Maguey Award for the Best LGBT Film
  • Guadalajara International Film Festival 2013 – Special Mention in the Latinamerican Documentary Competition
  • Durango New Cinema International Film Festival 2013 – Audience Award
  • San Sebastian International Film Festival 2013 – Sebastiane Latino Award
  • Queer Lisboa 2013 – Best Documentary
  • La Havana Latinamerican International Film Festival 2014 – Memoria Documentary Award
  • Aguascaliente International Film Festival 2014 – Audience Award
  • Asterisco Buenos Aires LGBT Film Festival 2014 – Best Long Feature Film
  • Filmar Geneve 2014 – Best Documentary


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