Nieves runs a small recreational pool with her son. One summer, a biker falls in love with her, but the romance seems doomed. Everything changes with the arrival of a filmmaker, who decides to include both of them in her new movie. As they become film actors, the boundaries between fiction and their emotions will begin to blur.
A Heart as Willing
Chile / 78 min / 2025 / fiction
North American Premiere
in Spanish with English subtitles
Direction: Diego Soto
Screenplay: Diego Soto
Cinematography: Manuel Vlastelica
Editing: Diego Soto, Manuela Thayer
Producers: Diego Soto, Manuel Vlastelica
Cast: Natacha García, Germán Insunza, Martín Insunza, Isidora Gálvez, Felipe González, Alexis Donoso
Outrageous comedy lives side-by-side with the addiction drama. But the viewer forgets this amongst the ridiculous and ribald series of jokes and situations that make up the world of the characters. And yet the romantic impulse behind Bionico's quest is hard to shake off even if it appears to be set in a world of squalor and pain. Regardless, each day brings a new opportunity, to make something of yourself, to show the world who you are, or to do drugs all day. The mockumentary format makes these contradictions even more explicit. - Jhon Hernandez
