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Chilean director and screenwriter of Gloria (2013), A Fantastic Woman (2017), which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Disobedience (2017) and The Wonder (2022).
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A Woman Under the InfluenceOther John Cassavetes
A Woman Under the Influence has one of the most incredible female performances in modern cinema; it feels so real that it hurts.
Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Sebastián Lelio, the entry for A Woman Under the Influence.
2018-05-03·criterion.com ↗
8½Other Federico Fellini
In many ways, 8½ defined what modern cinema is. I feel its influence all over the place.
Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Sebastián Lelio, the entry for 8½.
2018-05-03·criterion.com ↗
La notteOther Michelangelo Antonioni
There’s an intensity that can be generated by compressing the time frame of a film, and La notte is one of the great examples of that.
Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Sebastián Lelio, the entry for La notte.
2018-05-03·criterion.com ↗
Breaking the WavesOther Lars von Trier
Breaking the Waves was a big influence on me when I was studying cinema. It gave me the feeling that it was possible to make a film with just energy, with just a chair and a window.
Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Sebastián Lelio, the entry for Breaking the Waves.
2018-05-03·criterion.com ↗
SolarisOther Andrei Tarkovsky
It feels like everything in Solaris is transcendent and so deep. It’s hypnotic.
Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Sebastián Lelio, the entry for Solaris.
2018-05-03·criterion.com ↗
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