Clara Sola – Special Collectors Edition Blu-ray (Release Date: 7th Aug)

by Max

25th July 2023

Peccadillo Pictures presents A Peccadillo Panorama release

Directors’ Fortnight, Cannes Film Festival 2021

A Film by NATHALIE ÁLVAREZ MESÉN

CLARA SOLA (15)

(2021, Costa Rica/ Sweden, 107 mins)

blu-ray with limited edition poster, illustrated by Andrew Bannister

DVD, Blu-ray & On Demand August 7th

★ ★ ★ ★

“An outstanding first feature… Superbly filmed and composed”

Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

Starring: WENDY CHINCHILLA ARAYA, DANIEL CASTAÑEDA RINCÓN, ANA JULIA PORRAS ESPINOZA, FLOR MARÍA VARGAS CHAVES

Nathalie Álavarez Mesén’s mystical, intimate, and richly atmospheric film tells the story of Clara, an introverted woman believed to possess divine healing powers. But a powerful and unexpected sexual awakening tear the delicate order of her life apart, setting Clara on a tumultuous path to emancipation from the religious strictures dominating her life.

Director’s Biography

Nathalie Álvarez Mesén is a Costa Rican-Swedish screenwriter/director. She started her career in physical theater in Costa Rica before pursuing her B.F.A. degree in Mime Acting at the Stockholm University of the Arts in Sweden. Nathalie later graduated from Columbia University’s Graduate Film Program in NYC with an M.F.A. in Film Directing/Screenwriting.

An alumna of the Berlinale Talents, TIFF Filmmaker Lab and NYFF Artist Academy, Nathalie’s shorts have screened at film festivals all over the world. Her short, FILIP, won Best Film Under 15 Minutes at the 2016 Palm Springs Shortfest, and ASUNDER, screened at the 2016 Telluride Film Festival. She also co-wrote “Entre Tú y Milagros”, winner of the Orizzonti Award for Best Short in the Venice Film Festival 2020. Currently, Nathalie is developing her second feature,“The Wolf Will Tear Your Immaculate Hands”, in the Torino ScriptLab 2021.

Special Features:

· Limited edition fold-out A3 poster featuring exclusive artwork by Andrew Bannister

· Interview with writer/director Nathalie Álvarez Mesén

· 2 short films by Nathalie Álvarez Mesén: ‘Asunder’ & ‘Molt’

· Theatrical Trailer

Blu-ray Specifications: