MY LIFE WITH CARLOS
MI VIDA CON CARLOS
Spain/Germany/Chile, 2009
83 minutes
directed by: German Berger-Hertz
The virtuoso plunge into the long-hidden tragedy of a broken family that carries in
itself the agitations of Latin America. The journey of a son who is in search of the memory of
his murdered father. The emotional history of a country that refuses to forget. The intimate diary of
a family that struggles to overcome the tragedy. The scenes that are filled with energy of long ago
suppressed events, which followed the protagonists of this story as a dark shadow for decades.
The encounters with the persons that built their exceptionality and strength as a way to survive and
to save hope. The exciting related parts of a large puzzle, which take us through the corridors of time,
returning us to the tragedy and back to the liberating catharsis. Intended as an epic saga in a form of
a fiction film, this is a subtle and layered documentary with a tension of a thriller and emotions of
a great cinema melodrama. One of the largest transcontinental coproductions in recent documentary filmmaking.
SELECTOR'S WORD: “Where lies the border between private and personal? In this case
there is no doubt as Berger invites us on his very personal and emotional journey in the framework of
Chile’s recent horror (hi)story. I learned a lot at the same time as I was watching a universal love story
about a son and his father.“
German Berger-Hertz
Born in Santiago, Chile in 1972. Studied Journalism and Art and Aesthetics. Worked as
a journalist in two Chilean TV Stations and produced a series of documentaries. In 1997 he moves to
Barcelona, where he currently resides. There he studies Cinematography (majoring in Direction and
Editing) and pursues a Masters Degree in Documentary of Creation at Pompeu Fabra University.
Works as director for film and TV docomentaries.
Selected filmography
VOYAGE TO NARRAGONIA (Viaje a Narragonia), 2002
MY LIFE WITH CARLOS (Mi vida con Carlos), 2009
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