Too Late to Die Young (film)

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Too Late to Die Young
Two people on a motorcycle
Film poster
Directed byDominga Sotomayor Castillo
Written byDominga Sotomayor Castillo
CinematographyInti Briones
Release date
  • August 2, 2018 (2018-08-02) (Locarno Film Festival)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryChile
LanguageSpanish
Box office$14,084[1][2]

Too Late to Die Young (Spanish: Tarde para morir joven) is a 2018 Chilean drama film directed by Dominga Sotomayor Castillo.[3] She became the first woman ever to win the Leopard for Best Direction at the Locarno Festival.[4]

Plot[edit]

This coming-of-age tale takes place around the New Year's Eve of 1990 in Chile, in the intentional rural community of Comunidad Ecológica de Peñalolén, located in the precordillera of Santiago. The story follows a teenage girl named Sofía (played by Demian Hernández) as she navigates adolescence.[5][6]

Cast[edit]

Reception[edit]

The film has a 98% approval rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes based on 55 reviews, with an average rating of 7.6/10. The site's critics' consensus reads: "Too Late to Die Young uses one family's experiences as the foundation for a dreamily absorbing drama with a poignant, lingering warmth."[7] On Metacritic the film holds an 80 out of 100 average score based on 15 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Too Late to Die Young (2019)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Too Late to Die Young (2019)". The Numbers. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Locarno first look: Too Late to Die Young depicts a country coming of age". Sight & Sound. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Leopard for Best Direction: Dominga Sotomayor". Locarno Festival. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  5. ^ Weissberg, Jay (7 August 2018). "Film Review: 'Too Late to Die Young'". Variety. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  6. ^ Kohn, Eric (13 August 2018). "'Too Late to Die Young' Review: 'Captain Fantastic' Meets Lucrecia Martel in Stunning Tale of Growing Up in Small Moments". IndieWire. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  7. ^ "Too Late to Die Young". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Too Late to Die Young". Metacritic. Retrieved 9 October 2019.

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