Mirage d'amour avec fanfare (2015)
Directed by Hubert Toint

Drama / Romance

Film Synopsis

In the 1920s, in the Acatama Desert in northern Chile, there is situated Pampa-Terminal, a small mining town inhabited by mine workers, their employers and their families.  There is a pharmacy, a theatre, a bakery and a butcher's shop.  There are also plenty of brothels.  In the town's cinema, Hirondelle Rivery del Rosario plays piano music to accompany silent films.  She lives with her father, Alexandre Rivery, an anarchist barber who holds union meetings in his barber's shop.  Leading the band to greet the arrival of the Chilean president, Hirondell will get to meet Bello Sandalio, an unlikely encounter that may lead to love and happiness...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Hubert Toint
  • Script: Bernard Giraudeau
  • Photo: Carlo Varini
  • Cast: Marie Gillain (Hirondelle), Eduardo Paxeco (Bello), Jean-François Stévenin (Alexandre)
  • Country: Belgium / Switzerland / Chile
  • Language: Spanish
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 97 min

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