DON’T YOU LET ME GO
https://tribecafilm.com/films/don-t-you-let-me-go-2024
Filmmakers Ana Guevara and Leticia Jorge bring their new film DON’T YOU LET ME GO to Tribeca 2024 audiences. At the funeral of her best friend Ele, Adela experiences the bizarre buzzing about of grief-stricken visitors, some recalling funny stories, others weeping. Feeling entirely overwhelmed, Adela seeks solace in her car only to find a mysterious bus pulls beside her, destination Solis. Dropped off at a seaside home and finding Ele asleep in bed, Adela curls up beside her until morning. Back in time, Ele and Adela relive a weekend filled with beer, drugs, music, gossip, and mayhem.
Victoria Jorge gives Elena a tangibility that keeps us engaged. Ana Guevara and Leticia Jorge write a fun and authentic character, putting us at ease. Chiara Hourcade delivers a self-aware performance that allows the audience to ride this emotional rollercoaster alongside Adela. Hourcade and Jorge capture our hearts with genuine familiarity in their chemistry.
The film opens with a slick visual bait and switch. Such a choice sets you up for the magical realism that takes hold in this exploration of grief and the purity of female friendship. Playing out in chapters like the ones in Elena and Adela’s detective novels, a narrator gives the audience insight into Adela and Elena’s past, sometimes possessing an otherworldly power over Adela as she speaks. Small absurdist details remind us that none of this is real, but what joy it would bring if it were. DON’T YOU LET ME GO is a delicious journey through the looking-glass story that conjures a yearning jealousy for those we’ve lost.
International Narrative Competition
Feature | Uruguay | 74 MINUTES | Spanish | English subtitles
Director
Ana Guevara, Leticia Jorge
Producer
Agustina Chiarino
Screenwriter
Ana Guevara, Leticia Jorge
Cinematographer
Yarará Rodríguez
Composer
Luciano Supervielle
Editor
Lucía Casal, Stephanie Tabárez
Sound Design
Catriel Vildosola
Art Director
Cecilia Guerriero
Line Producer
Hernán Olivera Quesada
Production Manager
Agostina Malnatti
Assistant Director
Andrea Pollio
Cast
Chiara Hourcade, Victoria Jorge, Eva Dans
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