SONG WITHOUT A NAME
Film - CineVision Competition Filmfest 2019

SONG WITHOUT A NAME

Directed by Melina León

Info

Director: Melina León
Section: CineVision Competition
Country: Peru, Spain, USA
Year: 2018
PT: CANCIÓN SIN NOMBRE
OT: CANCIÓN SIN NOMBRE
Language: Quechua, Spanish
Version: Original version with English subtitles
Cast: Pamela Mendoza Arpi, Tommy Párraga, Lucio Rojas, Maykol Hernández, Lidia Quispe
18+ (no age rating)

Logline

SONG WITHOUT A NAME

Peru, at the height of the political crisis of the 1980s. Georgina is a young woman from the Andes whose newborn daughter is stolen at a fake health clinic. Her desperate search for the child leads her to the headquarters of a major newspaper, where she meets Pedro Campos, a lonely journalist who takes on the investigation. Based on a true story.

Meet the director

SONG WITHOUT A NAME

Melina León

Melina León studied film and video at the University of Lima and film directing at Columbia University in New York. Her short film EL PARAÍSO DE LILI (2009) was shown at more than 20 festivals and received 11 awards. Her debut film SONG WITHOUT A NAME, shown at the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs in Cannes, made her the first Peruvian director invited to the Cannes Film Festival.

Credits

Screenplay: Melina León, Michael J. White
Director of Photography: Inti Briones
Film Editor: Melina León, Manuel Bauer, Antolín Prieto
Composer: Pauchi Sasaki
Sound: Pablo Rivas
Producer: Inti Briones, Melina León, Michael J.White, Jesus Pimentel, Tim Hobbs, Ori Dov Gratch
Production Company: La Vida Misma Films
Co-Producer: Andreas Roald, Dan Wechsler, Jamal Zeinal Zade, Rafael Álvarez
Co-Production Company: MGC, La Mula Producciones, Bord Cadre Films
World Sales: Luxbox