THE MOLE AGENT
Sundance, 2020
Documentary
90'
SYNOPSIS
Romulo is a private investigator who has been hired to do a study of a retirement home where residents are thought to be victims of abuse. To this end, he trains Sergio, an 83-year-old man, to live as The Mole Agent inside the home. Once Sergio has infiltrated the facility, he struggles to assume his role as he gradually becomes more familiar with the residents and the routine at the home in pursuit of the truth.
PEOPLE
Director
Maite Alberdi
Writer
Maite Alberdi
Main cast
n/a
Crew
Cinematography: Pablo Valdés
Editor: Carolina Siraqyan
Composer: Vincent van Warmerdam
(Co-) Producers
Financiers
Marcela Santibañez
Consejo Nacional de Televisión, Fondo de Fomento Audiovisual, Corfo, IDFA Bertha Fund supported by Creative Europe MEDIA Program, Netherlands Film Fund, Cinereach, Blue Ice Docs, Orange
FESTIVALS
2020 Sundance Film Festival Official Selection
2020 International Documentary Festival Amsterdam Official Selection
2021 Academy Awards Nomination for Best Documentary Feature, Chilean entry for Best International Feature Film
2021 Goya Awards Nomination for best Iberoamerican Film
2021 Independent Spirit Awards Nomination for Best Documentary Feature
2021 Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards Nomination for Best International Film
2021 National Board of Review Winner in the 'Top 5 Foreign Language Films'
2021 Biografilm Festival, Winner of the 'Bring The Change Award'
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