Julio Begins in July (1979)
2h
Running Time
April 30, 1979Release Date
Plot.
This is the story of a teenager at the turn of the century in the conservative higher classes of Chile and the initiation rites in his society.
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Cast & Crew.
Elsa Alarcón
Abuela
Juan Cristóbal Meza
Julito
Jorge Álvarez
Cura Parroco
Jorge Álvarez
Cura Parroco
Luis Alarcón
Tío Alberto
Shlomit Baytelman
María
Magdalena Aguirre
Monja Principal
Tennyson Ferrada
Uncle Aurelio
Jaime Vadell
Torres
Silvio Caiozzi
Director
Delfina Guzmán
Otaraiza's Widow
Gustavo Frías
Writer
Marcial Edwards
Journalist
Nelson Fuentes
Producer
Luis Advis
Composer
Rafael Benavente
Prior Franciscano
José Cabello
Manolo
Fritz Stein
Filiberto
Jorge Yáñez
Payador Merrejo
Felipe Rabat
Don Julio
Alfonso Luco
Alfonso
Violeta Contreras
Nun
Sergio Urrutia
Drunkard
Vicente Santamaría
No Pedro
José Manuel Salcedo
Maturana
Ana María Palma
Filiberto's Wife
María Elena Montero
Aurelio's Wife
Ana González
Teresa
Victor Sepúlveda
Raimundo
María Castiglione
Meche
Pedro Gaete
Memo
Aquiles Sepúlveda
Segundo
Lucy Salgado
Alicia
Nissim Sharim
Medic
Marión Soto
Mrs. Elisa
Gloria Münchmeyer
Josefina
José Soza
Don Julio (voice)
María Cánepa
Mother Superior (voice)
Alberto Célery
Producer / Executive Producer
Jorge Oyarzun
Makeup Artist
Víctor Segura
Assistant Director
Fernando Mateo
Sound
Details.
Release DateApril 30, 1979
Original NameJulio comienza en julio
StatusReleased
Running Time2h
Genres
Wiki.
Julio comienza en julio ("Julio Begins in July") is a 1979 Chilean coming-of-age period film directed by Silvio Caiozzi and written by Gustavo Frías. It is one of the few Chilean feature films made and released in the first decade of the Pinochet dictatorship.The film won the Golden Columbus Award at the 1979 Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival and the Chilean Critics' Circle Award for Best Film. In 1999, it was voted as the "best Chilean film of the 20th century" by the public in a poll organized by the Municipality of Santiago.Critics regard it as one of the finest films in Chilean cinema, alongside Miguel Littín's The Jackal of Nahueltoro, Raúl Ruiz's Three Sad Tigers, Patricio Guzmán's The Battle of Chile, and Andrés Wood's Machuca.