I HAD TO BURN

TUVE QUE QUEMAR

By Carla TUCAS

CINE UDD - as DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, Airline / PROD

First film - Post-Production 2026

Val has to control her fire powers when she returns to her homophobic hometown.

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Primer corte
    • Year of production
    • 2026
    • Genres
    • First film, Female director, Fantasy
    • Countries
    • CHILE
    • Languages
    • SPANISH-CHILEAN
    • Duration
    • 80 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Carla TUCAS
    • Writer(s)
    • Carla TUCAS, Cris ARREDONDO
    • Producer(s)
    • Diego ROCABADO (Cine UDD), Jacinta BULLEMORE (Cine UDD)
    • Synopsis
    • Val, cursed with a destructive fire, returns to Lamentos because of her grandmother's suicide. She faces her past, a hostile town, her brother Victor and a black secret, while Ema, her youthful love, helps to redeem the power of her flames.