Clara Sola

Name: Clara Sola
Director: Nathalie Álvarez Mesén

Feature Film | 2020-2021 | Drama | Belgium, Costa Rica, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden

Main data

Director	Nathalie Álvarez Mesén
Written by	Nathalie Álvarez Mesén, Maria Camila Arias
Production	Hobab [se], Need Productions [be], Revolver Media Productions [nl], Pacifica Grey [cr], Laïdak Films [de/fr], Shelter Productions [de], Proximus [be]
Distributor	Luxbox [fr], Épicentre Films [fr]

Shooting data

Start of shooting	01/02/2020
End of shooting	30/05/2020
Filming regions	Costa Rica

Project data

Film financing	Belgian Tax Shelter [be] Cinema and Audiovisual Centre of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation [be] Screen Brussels [be]: 45 000 EUR (01/2020) Swedish Film Institute [se] World Cinema Fund - production funding: 50.000 EUR (11/2018)
Length of movie	106'

Posters

Posters

Brief synopsis

In a remote village in Costa Rica, Clara, a special 30-year-old woman, takes off on a journey to break free from social and religious conventions and become the master of her sexuality and newfound powers.

Cast

Actor	Role name	Voice actor / SpeakerVoice actor
Wendy Chinchilla Araya	Clara [L]
Daniel Castañeda Rincón	Santiago [L]
Ana Julia Porras Espinoza	Maria [L]
Flor María Vargas Chaves	Fresia [L]

Crew

Activity	Name	Comment
Director of photography	Sophia Winqvist Loggins
Costume designer	Patricia Alvarado Hurtado
Director	Nathalie Álvarez Mesén
Editor	Marie-Hélène Dozo
Key makeup artist/hair stylist	Goga Riveros
Composer	Ruben De Gheselle
Producer	Nima Yousefi produced by	produced by
Producer	Alan McConnell
Producer	Géraldine Sprimont
Producer	Anne-Laure Guégan
Producer	Karina Avellán Troz
Producer	Marcelo Quesada Mena
Executive producer	Peter Krupenin
Co-producer	Lisa Widén
Co-producer	Beata Mannheimer
Co-producer	Ivanna Kozak
Co-producer	Antoine Liétout
Co-producer	Ivan Zuber
Production designer	Amparo Baeza
Screenwriter	Maria Camila Arias
Screenwriter	Nathalie Álvarez Mesén
Production sound mixer	Erik Vargas
Sound re-recording mixer	Aline Gavroy
Sound editor	Charles de Ville
Sound editor	Valène Leroy

Production companies

Company	Comment
Hobab [se]
Need Productions [be] coproduction	coproduction
Revolver Media Productions [nl] coproduction	coproduction
Pacifica Grey [cr] coproduction	coproduction
Laïdak Films [de/fr] coproduction	coproduction
Shelter Productions [de] coproduction	coproduction
Proximus [be] coproduction	coproduction

Distribution / Sales companies

Company	Comment
Luxbox [fr] International Sales	International Sales
Épicentre Films [fr] France (theatrical)	France (theatrical)

Facilities

Department	Company	Comment
Finance/Law/Insurance	Screen.Brussels Fund [be] capital support	capital support

Awards

Award winner	Year	Award	Category
Nathalie Álvarez Mesén	2022	Women*Film Festival Dortmund+Cologne [de] Int. feature film debut	Int. feature film debut	Nominated
Nathalie Álvarez Mesén	2021	Nordic Film Days [de] Feature	Feature	Nominated

Festivals

Year	Country	Festival	Comment
2021	France	Cannes - Directors' Fortnight Official Selection	Official Selection
2021	Germany	Brunswick Int. Festival German premiere	German premiere

Cinema releases and premieres

Type	Country	Date	Comment
Theatre release	France	Wednesday, 01/06/2022
Premiere		Thursday, 08/07/2021	Cannes - Director's Fortnight [fr]

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