JULIO BEGINS IN JULY (Julio Comienza en Julio)

This film tells us the story of Julio, an adolescent from a wealthy Chilean family at the beginning of the XXth century. On his 15th birthday, his father organizes for him a party that is only one of the many “rites of passage” Julio will have to go through. Local prostitutes are invited to the party and Julio becomes obsessed with one of them, confronting the strict codes of class that ruled his society. Golden Colon Award, Huelva Latin American Film Festival, 1979. DIR Silvio Caiozzi, Chile, 1977, 120 min

About the Film Director: Silvio Caiozzi
Writer: Gustavo Frías
Producer: Silvio Caiozzi, Alberto Celery, Nelson Fuestes
Release Year: 1977
Genre: Classics
Running time: 120 min
Plot: This film tells us the story of Julio, an adolescent from a wealthy Chilean family at the beginning of the XXth century. On his 15th birthday, his father organizes for him a party that is only one of the many “rites of passage” Julio will have to go through. Local prostitutes are invited to the party and Julio becomes obsessed with one of them, confronting the strict codes of class that ruled his society

Main Cast: Luis Alarcón, Schlomit Baytelman, Marcial Edwards, Juan Cristóbal Meza, Gloria Munchmeyer