Genre:
Comedy Drama
Theatrical Release: 11/09/2007(USA
Release Date: 08/19/2008
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: Espanol
Sound: DD2
Run Time: 99 Minutes
Distributor/Studio: First Run Features
A dinner guest turns a family's Easter weekend upside down in this sophisticated
comedy drama from Chile. It's Good Friday, and college freshman
Marco (
Néstor Cantillana) is coming home for a visit; his mother (
Coca Guazzini) and father (
Sergio Hernandez) are especially excited because
Marco is bringing along his new girlfriend,
Sofia (
Patricia Lopez), to meet the family. Also on hand for the celebration are
Marco's friends
Rita (
Macarena Teke),
Pedro (
Juan Pablo Miranda), and
Aldo (
Mauricio Diocares). When mother and father meet
Sophia, they're pleased to discover she's both attractive and charming, but they're caught off guard by her natural sensuality and habit of asking deeply personal questions to relative strangers. When mother is unexpectedly called away,
Sophia turns her attentions to father, and after passing out ecstasy to
Marco and his pals, she returns to the house and attempts to seduce father while the other kids are tripping on the beach. When
Marco walks in on his father and
Sophia, he's enraged and begins plotting to get even with both of them.
La Familia Sagrada (aka
The Sacred Family) was the first feature film from writer and director
Sebastian Campos.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide