NIÑAS ARAÑA

SPIDER THIEVES

By Guillermo HELO

BUFF FILMFESTIVAL - as DISTR Theatrical, SWEDEN / FEST

Drama - Completed 2017

Inspired by actual events this teenage thriller is a unique social commentary on dreams, class and expectations not fulfilled in contemporary Chile.

Festivals
& Awards

Ventana Sur 2017
Video Library
Lima Film Festival 2017
Oficial Selection
Schlingel 2017
Oficial Competition
AFI Latin American FF 2017
Oficial Selection
    • Year of production
    • 2017
    • Genres
    • Drama, Social issues, True Story
    • Countries
    • CHILE
    • Languages
    • SPANISH
    • Budget
    • 0.6 - 1 M$
    • Duration
    • 94 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Guillermo HELO
    • Writer(s)
    • Guillermo HELO, Ticoy RODRIGUEZ, Javier ESTEVEZ, Daniela AGUAYO
    • Producer(s)
    • Susana ESPINOZA (ALTIROSAPIENS), Guillermo HELO (ALTIROSAPIENS)
    • Synopsis
    • Inspired by actual events, three teenage girls from a Santiago shanty town set in motion a plan to climb buildings and break into the apartments of the wealthy side of the town in order to steal all the cool and trendy stuff they see advertised on TV and at the fancy department stores. Word spreads and soon enough they became the notorious “spider thieves”.