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Tramway Film Festival

DEAD TONGUE

Chile | 2025 | 25’ | Polish premiere

In 1980, Ricardo Rifo was instructed as a dog trainer by Ingrid Olderöck, the most powerful woman of the secret police during the Chilean dictatorship. Four decades later, in the midst of an inhospitable and devastated landscape, the farmer wanders besieged by the impossibility of enunciating the horror.

Director: José Jiménez
Script: José Jiménez
Cinematography: Matías Illanes
Editing: Mayra Morán, José Jiménez
Sound: Diego Aguilar Gutierrez
Cast: Ricardo Rifo
Producer: Sebastián Sánchez, José Jiménez
Production: Nuevos Trópicos, Volátil

Main festivals:

  • FIDMarseille (Special Mention)
  • IDFA