Cachimba [DVD]

CACHIMBA is a comedy of absurd, hilarious and surreal humor, which with pulse, irony and observation skills, narrates the attitude of an ordinary, gray man in a story that surpasses him.

CACHIMBA narrates the only important moment in the life of Marcos, an insignificant middle-aged bank employee. In Marcos' mind there is only one goal: to get to sleep without prejudice or inhibitions with his naive girlfriend Hilda. To do this, Marcos takes her on a trip to a lonely spa in the middle of winter. There, he will discover something that will give meaning to his existence. Inside a house that is about to collapse you will find a unique museum with a collection of paintings, the work of an unknown Chilean painter, but who had had some success in Paris in the 1930s.

Marcos will then feel the obligation to be the one who makes known to the world the extraordinary work of this painter, a great emblem for him of Chilean culture. After appearing in the media, many people will want to appropriate this artistic treasure for profit, something against which Marcos, Hilda and the man who, between whiskey and whiskey, has taken care of the collection for all those years, will fight with all their might. forces.

The director of this film is Silvio Caiozzi, one of the most awarded directors in South America - at festivals such as Venice, Biarritz, Valladolid, Havana, Mar del Plata, Cartagena de Indias or Montreal, where he won the Best Director Award for Coronation- and the most important Chilean director. In addition, he is the author of what was considered by popular vote to be the Best Chilean Film of the 20th Century: Julio Begins in July.


Caiozzi began an intense professional relationship with the prestigious Chilean writer José Donoso, with whom he worked on the script for The Moon in the Mirror and from whom he adapted Coronación (in the film of the same title) and Still Life with Hookah (in CACHIMBA).

CACHIMBA has received numerous awards around the world, including:

-Best Actor, Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival, Spain (2004.)

-Best Actress, Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival, Spain (2004.)

-Best Photography, Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival, Spain (2004)

-Best Film, Andalusian Critics' Award, Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival, Spain (2004)

-Official Selection, International Festival of New Latin American Cinema of Havana, Cuba (2004)