CORNELIA AT HER MIRROR
SYNOPSIS
She has brought a phial of poison with her. Cornelia has come to her parental home with only one intention: to commit suicide. Why should an attractive young woman like her do such a thing? And who are those strange people in the house? It should be empty, but Cornelia keeps having visitors. You could call them intruders: the former friends, the mysterious little girl at the door, the masked thief and the charming Daniel. They thwart Cornelia's plan, even though she even begs them to murder her. With Cornelia at Her Mirror, Daniel Rosenfeld made a meticulous, stylish and oppressive literary film. Co-adapted for the screen with the actress Eugenia Capizzano, the story by Silvina Ocampo on which the film is based, is about mirrors and the possibility that we do not have just one voice but several. In this way, gazing into the mirror is a metaphor for the creative process. At the same time, this contemplative, mysterious film is about the tragic, ironic and romantic last moments of Cornelia. (IFFR catalogue)
Original title / Cornelia frente al espejo
Based on the story / "Cornelia frente al Espejo" by Silvina Ocampo
Script Adapted / Eugenia Capizzano and Daniel Rosenfeld
Dialogs / Silvina Ocampo
Cinematography / Matías Mesa
Music / Jorge Ariagada
Sound Designer / Gaspar Scheuer
Sound Recordist / Nicolás Tabaréz
Editing / Lorenzo Bambicci
Art Direction / Daniel Rosenfeld
Wardrobe / Abril Belatti and Fátima Zorraquin
Assistant Director / Alejo Santos, Roberto Ceuninck, Fernando Alcalde
Cast / Eugenia Capizzano, Rafael Spregelburd, Eugenia Alondo, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Stefania Conejo
Produced by / Daniel Rosenfeld Films with argentinacine, INCAA, Hubert Bals Fund,
Producton Head / Federico Prado
Co-Executive Producer / Javier Leoz
Color, 106 minutes, Dolby Digital.
World Premiere IFFR 2012
Directed by / Daniel Rosenfeld
This film was screened very successfully for two years.
Winner of Best Film Script Adaptation awarded by the Argentine Society of Writers and Authors.
Winner of Best Film Script Adaptationawarded by the Argentine Society of Film Critics
Winner of the Annual Post Production Award by the Rotterdam HBF
Premiered at the Rotterdam Film Festival
Official Selection at the Moscow Film Festival
Competitor at the Havanna Film Festival
5 Argentine Academy Award Nominations for: Best Actress, Best Script, Best Wardrobe,Best Supporting Actress and Best New Actress