THE ECHO OF SONGS / 2010 / Documentary 

 SYNOPSIS    
After the cup d’état of 1973, several Chileans were exiled for political reasons. Some of them sought refuge in Rome, settling and raising their families in Italy. Many children were born in those families and they grew up as Italians. In 1989, as Chile regained Democracy, several families decided to return and they brought along these teenagers, who had never knew their parents’ homeland other than in pictures or stories. In a blurry line between documentary and fiction, The Echo of Songs explores these young people’s dreams and memories about exile and return, the wandering on their lives, and their perspective on today’s Chile.

 CREDITS    
Director: Antonia Rossi 
Duration: 71 min. 
Format: HD 
Producer: Leonora González 
Script: Antonia Rossi / Roberto Contador 
Voice Over: Angélica Riquelme 
Editor: Antonia Rossi / Roberto Contador / Santiago González 
Soundman: Patricio Muñoz 
Director of Photography: Antonia Rossi / Pedro Micelli 
Image Postproduction: Retina HD
Recording and Sound mix: Digisound
Original Score: Jorge Cortés / Francisco Flores / Roberto Contador
Additional Music: Jim O’rourke / Matt Elliott / Broken Social Scene / Black Ox Orkestar / Clara Rockmore
Assistant Director: Roberto Contador
Assistant Producer: Juan Eduardo Murillo / Simón Rivera