Cheila (film)
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Cheila is a Venezuelan tragicomedy film
directed by Eduardo Barberena based on the theatrical play La Quinta Dayana written by Elio Palencia. It was first premiered at the 2009 Mérida Film Festival receiving the Best Movie and other five awards it was then released in theaters on 16 July 2010 .
The movie uses flashbacks
to show Cheila's experiences when she was Cheíto.
Tragicomedy
Tragicomedy is fictional work that blends aspects of the genres of tragedy and comedy. In English literature, from Shakespeare's time to the nineteenth century, tragicomedy referred to a serious play with either a happy ending or enough jokes throughout the play to lighten the mood.-Classical...
directed by Eduardo Barberena based on the theatrical play La Quinta Dayana written by Elio Palencia. It was first premiered at the 2009 Mérida Film Festival receiving the Best Movie and other five awards it was then released in theaters on 16 July 2010 .
Plot
Cheila is a transsexual who has come back from Canada to spend holidays at the quinta she bought for her mother years ago, seeking family support before undergoing her sexual reassignment surgery. Upon her arrival she finds the once luxurious house completely deteriorated and inhabited by her lazy and unemployed brothers with their wives and children. The financial problems and chaotic situations surrounding her relatives make her reconsider her relationship with them and herself.The movie uses flashbacks
Flashback (narrative)
Flashback is an interjected scene that takes the narrative back in time from the current point the story has reached. Flashbacks are often used to recount events that happened before the story’s primary sequence of events or to fill in crucial backstory...
to show Cheila's experiences when she was Cheíto.
Cast
- Endry Cardeño as Cheila
- José Manuel Suárez as Cheíto
- Violeta Alemán as Maíta
- Aura Rivas as Abuela
- Elodie Bernardeau as Katy
- Luke Grande as Bachaco
- Nelson Acosta as Guicho
- Freddy Aquino as Dayán