Santa, a peasant woman loyal to the Revolution, is sent to guard Andrés, a gay writer who is under house arrest, considered “ untrustworthy” for his ideas and sexuality by the Cuban authorities. Set in a small village in eastern Cuba during the early 1980s, this poignant political drama depicts an encounter between two deeply thoughtful souls on opposite sides of a profound cultural divide. Both have experienced deep loss, and both know the damaging effects of isolation and oppression. Even so, the cavernous ideological divide separating them — the same one that has separated Cuban friends and kin for over 50 years — has until now seemed insurmountable.

If we're talking Chilean music history, you won't find bigger names than Víctor Jarra and Violeta Parra. The former was killed by Pinochet's dictatorship in 1973, the latter commiting suicide in 1967. Chilean filmmaker Andrés Wood, who has already enjoyed a big success with "Historias de fútbol" and "Machuca", directed "Violeta Se Fue a Los Cielos", based on a book by Parra's son, the great guitar player Ángel.
The movie tells an intimate story about the singer and artist, who inspired almost every musician that came after her in Chile, and internationally, like Caetano Veloso, Joan Baez, Robert Wyatt and even Devendra Banhart. It also explores how she showed art in Paris's Louvre, and how she traveled the country to find new talent.
Francisca Galván takes the role of Violeta's character in an intimate performance. This long-awaited movie premieres on August 11, and will be one of the most talked about local films to be released in 2011.
安德烈伍德1965年出生於智利首都聖地牙哥，畢 業於智利卡托里加大學經濟系，並曾進入紐約大 學研習電影。他在1992年導演了第一部短片，並 於1997年以長片處女作【足球夢】一鳴驚人，在 國際製片人協會列為「A」級的西班牙聖塞巴斯汀 影展獲得新導演特別獎。第二部電影【發瘋】則 獲得哈瓦那影展最佳劇本與拉美電影節最佳導演 。【那年陽光燦爛】是他的第三部電影，也是他 至今最成功的作品，在坎城影展「導演雙週」引 起熱烈好評，又征服溫哥華影展獲得觀眾票選最 佳影片，至今已連獲七項國際大獎。 作品年表 1992 Idilio（短片） 1994 Reunion de familia（短片） 1997 足球夢（Historias de futbol） 2001 發瘋（La fiebre del loco） 2004 那年陽光燦爛（Machuca）

55岁的马里奥在一间停尸房里工作，他有时也会写一点验尸报告。1973年中期，智利发生了一场大规模的政变。这段时间里，他疯狂地迷恋上了自己的女邻居南希。南希是一家夜总会的舞女。

2004 film by Andrés Wood