Still from The Meltdown

Thrill

The Meltdown

Manuela Martelli

Sutherland Award winner Manuela Martelli delivers a knife-edge thriller centring on the disappearance of a teenager in a remote Chilean resort.
Runtime
118 min
Country
Chile-USA-Spain-Mexico
Language
Spanish, English, German
Year
2026
More information
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Screenings

It is 1992 and while watching the comings and goings in her family’s hotel, nine-year-old Inés befriends Hanna, one of the German skiers training in the area. When Hanna goes missing, Inés observes the local community closing ranks without quite understanding what is happening. Focussing on what lies unsaid, Martelli (1976, LFF 2022) expertly captures the tensions of a society as it transitions to democracy.

Maria Delgado