‘Behind the Rain’ Explores Childhood Sexual Abuse in Striking Black and White
Director Valeria Sarmiento’s new film Behind the Rain world premiered in the Crystal Globe main competition of the 60th edition of the Karlovy Vary...
Key points
- Director Valeria Sarmiento’s new film Behind the Rain world premiered in the Crystal Globe main competition of the 60th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
- Rodríguez is also the producer of the movie.
- Sarmiento and Rodríguez, who have been collaborators since Secrets (2008), talked to THR, via an interpreter, about Behind the Rain and their hopes for the societal debate it could cause.
- What inspired this story and led you to make a film about a very important, and also very heavy, topic?
What happened
Director Valeria Sarmiento’s new film Behind the Rain world premiered in the Crystal Globe main competition of the 60th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Rodríguez is also the producer of the movie. Sarmiento and Rodríguez, who have been collaborators since Secrets (2008), talked to THR, via an interpreter, about Behind the Rain and their hopes for the societal debate it could cause. What inspired this story and led you to make a film about a very important, and also very heavy, topic? Sarmiento Initially, I wanted to work on the film with my French and Swiss friends, but we did not really make any progress. While we were working on our previous film, she started talking about this story, and it was very appealing to me, because I experienced something similar when I was a child.
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