Chile’s Oscar Entry ‘In Her Place’: Director Maite Alberdi & Producer Rocío Jadue On Impact Of Famed 1950s Female Murder Case
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Chilean director Maite Alberdi and producer Rocío Jadue bring to life the intriguing 1950s murder case of feminist author María Carolina Geel in the Oscar-contending film 'In Her Place'.
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- The film re-dramatizes the rare case of a woman killing her lover in 1950s Chile, where women who committed murder were often deemed 'insane' by the justice system.
- The verdict in the real-life case was part of an intriguing wave of justice in the country at the time, with some believing it was a miscarriage of justice.
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Maite Alberdi, Rocío Jadue, María Carolina Geel, Francisca Lewin, In Her Place, In Her Place