In Her Place (Spanish: El lugar de la otra) is a 2024 Chilean historical crime drama film directed by Maite Alberdi and starring Elisa Zulueta and Francisca Lewin. Based on the true story of writer María Carolina Geel, who in 1955 killed Her lover at the Crillón Hotel, the film is a reinterpretation of a story in the book The Murderers by Alia Trabucco Zerán. The film was screened in competition at the 72nd San Sebastián International Film Festival on 23 September 2024. It was selected as the Chilean entry for Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards.

Premise

Famous writer María Carolina Geel kills Her lover and is put on trial for murder. Mercedes, the paralegal for the trial judge, becomes obsessed with the case as she learns about Geel's life, coming to question Her beliefs about women in society.

Cast

Elisa Zulueta as Mercedes Arévalo Francisca Lewin as María Carolina Geel Marcial Tagle as Aliro Veloso Pablo Macaya as Efraín García Gabriel Urzúa as Domingo Cristián Carvajal as Luis Malaquías Concha Pablo Schwarz as Benjamín Montero Enrique Valenzuela as Gaspar García Lucas Jadue as Samuel García Sebastián Apiolaza as Retamal Adams Pino as Suárez Natalia Valdebenito as Matilde Ladrón de Guevara Francisca Feuerhake as Lucía Ladrón de Guevara Carlos Donoso as Rolando de la Fuente Néstor Cantillana as René Cárdenas Nicolás Saavedra as Roberto Pumarino Francisco Pérez-Bannen as Pedro Echeverría Mariana Loyola as Cora Danyau María José Parga as Adriana Silva Emilio Edwards as Walter Pumarino Felipe Zapata as Sergio Pumarino Nicolás Zárate as Mario Arnés Teresita Reyes as Madre Anunciación Rosario Bahamondes as Rosa Janequeo Guilherme Sepúlveda as Jorge Vargas Aaron Hernández as Fernando Arellano Muriel Miranda Rebeca Vizcaya Andrés Skoknic as Hernán Díaz Arrieta Luis Cerda as Hugo Gustavo Bacerra as Julio Agustín Moya as Pasmanik Patricio Strahovsky as neighbor Paloma Salas as client

Production

In Her Place was filmed in Chile with cinematography by Sergio Armstrong. The film was produced by Fabula, while Mariane Hartard, Sergio Karmy, Cristián Donoso served as executive producers.

Release

In Her Place premiered on 23 September 2024 at the 72nd San Sebastián International Film Festival. It was also had a limited theatrical release in select Chilean cinemas on 30 September 2024. The film became available on Netflix on 11 October 2024.

Reception

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See also

List of submissions to the 97th Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film List of Chilean submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film List of Chilean films#2020s

References

External links

In Her Place at IMDb