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Manuela Abril Martelli Salamovich (born April 16, 1983) is a Chilean film and television actress and director best known for her roles in the films B-Happy and Machuca. She starred with the famous Dutch actor Rutger Hauer in the Chilean-Italian film Il Futuro, based on Roberto Bolaño's novel A Little Lumpen Novelita.
Manuela Martelli was born on 16 April 1983 in Santiago, Chile. She is an actress and director, known for Machuca (2004), Chile '76 (2022) and B-Happy (2003).
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- Santiago, Chile
Mar 24, 2023 · Manuela Martelli talks about her debut feature film, a Hitchcockian thriller set in 1976 Chile under Pinochet. Inspired by her grandmother's story, she explores the role of women and resistance in a repressive regime.
Apr 2, 2023 · The Chilean actress and director talks about her film inspired by her grandmother's suicide in 1976, a year of political repression in Chile. She shares her experience of making her first feature, her influences, and the metaphors and symbolisms in the film.
Manuela Martelli was born on April 16, 1983 in Santiago, Chile. She is an actress and writer, known for Machuca (2004), Chile '76 (2022) and Il Futuro (2013).
- April 16, 1983
Apr 18, 2023 · A Chilean filmmaker's debut feature about a housewife's radicalization during Pinochet's dictatorship. The film blends melodrama and thriller genres in a personal and political story of resistance and complicity.
Manuela Martelli began her acting career as a teenager, collaborating with directors such as Andrés Wood, Sebastián Lelio and Martín Rejtman. She directed the short films Apnea (2014) and Land Tides (2015), that was part of the Factory Programme and premiered at the Cannes FF Directors’ Fortnight.
