Sebastián Lelio Talks Musical Film ‘The Wave’ About Chile’s 2019 Feminist May Protests: “It Was An Iconic Moment”

In February 2019, Chilean filmmaker Sebastián Lelio gave Latin America the Oscar for Best International Film for its prima opera A Fantastic Woman (2017), years after having been nominated for the Academy Awards for its dramatic comedy Gloria in 2013.

Sebastián Lelio Talks Musical Film ‘The Wave’ About Chile’s 2019 Feminist May Protests: “It Was An Iconic Moment”

Sebastián Lelio’s has touched down in Cannes this year with musical film The Wave (La Ola), inspired by the wave of feminist civil disobedience that swept Chile in the spring of 2018. The mass protests and university rallies, sparked by a collective desire to bring attention to widespread harassment and abuse against women in Chile, […]

The 78th edition of the Cannes Film Festival experienced one of its most emotional moments when the soundtrack of La Ola, Sebastian Lelio’s new musical feature film, flooded the Debussy room with a Latin pop pulse and lyrics charged with collective strength. After the ovation, the international press repaired the signature behind much of these compositions: Javiera Parra, emblematic voice of Chilean music and heiress of the creative lineage of V…