In Her Place (2024 film)

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| director = Maite Alberdi

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Inés Bortagaray
Paloma Salas

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| based_on = {{Based on|The Murderers|Alia Trabucco Zerán}}

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Juan de Dios Larraín
Pablo Larraín
Rocío Jadue

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| cinematography = Sergio Armstrong

| editing = Alejandro Carrillo Penovi

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José Miguel Miranda
José Miguel Tobar

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| studio = Fábula

| distributor = Netflix

| released = {{Film date|2024|09|23|SSIFF|ref1=|2024|09|30|Chile|df=yes}}

| runtime = 89 minutes

| country = Chile

| language = Spanish

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In Her Place ({{langx|es|El lugar de la otra|links=no}}) is a 2024 Chilean historical crime drama film directed by Maite Alberdi and starring Elisa Zulueta and Francisca Lewin. Based on the true story of writer María Carolina Geel, who in 1955 killed her lover at the Crillón Hotel, the film is a reinterpretation of a story in the book The Murderers by Alia Trabucco Zerán.

The film was screened in competition at the 72nd San Sebastián International Film Festival on 23 September 2024. It was selected as the Chilean entry for Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.{{cite web |url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/oscars-best-international-feature-2025-romania-enters-three-kilometers-to-the-end-of-the-world/5195961.article |title=Oscars best international feature 2025: all the films submitted so far |first1= Michael |last1= Rosser |first2= Ellie |last2=Calnan |date=September 5, 2024 |access-date=September 6, 2024 |website=ScreenDaily|language=en}}

Premise

Famous writer María Carolina Geel kills her lover and is put on trial for murder. Mercedes, the paralegal for the trial judge, becomes obsessed with the case as she learns about Geel's life, coming to question her beliefs about women in society.

Cast

Elisa Zulueta as Mercedes Arévalo
Francisca Lewin as María Carolina Geel
Marcial Tagle as Aliro Veloso
Pablo Macaya as Efraín García
Gabriel Urzúa as Domingo
Cristián Carvajal as Luis Malaquías Concha
Pablo Schwarz as Benjamín Montero
Enrique Valenzuela as Gaspar García
Lucas Jadue as Samuel García
Sebastián Apiolaza as Retamal
Adams Pino as Suárez
Natalia Valdebenito as Matilde Ladrón de Guevara
Francisca Feuerhake as Lucía Ladrón de Guevara
Carlos Donoso as Rolando de la Fuente
Néstor Cantillana as René Cárdenas
Nicolás Saavedra as Roberto Pumarino
Francisco Pérez-Bannen as Pedro Echeverría
Mariana Loyola as Cora Danyau
María José Parga as Adriana Silva
Emilio Edwards as Walter Pumarino
Felipe Zapata as Sergio Pumarino
Nicolás Zárate as Mario Arnés
Teresita Reyes as Madre Anunciación
Rosario Bahamondes as Rosa Janequeo
Guilherme Sepúlveda as Jorge Vargas
Aaron Hernández as Fernando Arellano
Muriel Miranda Rebeca Vizcaya
Andrés Skoknic as Hernán Díaz Arrieta
Luis Cerda as Hugo
Gustavo Bacerra as Julio
Agustín Moya as Pasmanik
Patricio Strahovsky as neighbor
Paloma Salas as client

Production

In Her Place was filmed in Chile with cinematography by Sergio Armstrong. The film was produced by Fabula, while Mariane Hartard, Sergio Karmy, Cristián Donoso served as executive producers.

Release

In Her Place premiered on 23 September 2024 at the 72nd San Sebastián International Film Festival.{{Cite web|url=https://www.encancha.cl/tiempo-x/cinestreaming/2024/08/30/el-lugar-de-la-otra-de-maite-alberdi-representara-a-chile-en-los-oscar-y-goya-2025/|website=En Cancha|date=30 August 2024|first=Mauricio|last=Neira Aguilar|title="El lugar de la otra" de Maite Alberdi representará a Chile en los Óscar y Goya 2025}} It was also had a limited theatrical release in select Chilean cinemas on 30 September 2024. The film became available on Netflix on 11 October 2024.{{cite web |title='In Her Place', the New Film by Maite Alberdi, Presents Its Official Trailer |url=https://about.netflix.com/en/news/in-her-place-presents-official-trailer |website=Netflix |access-date=21 August 2024}}

Reception

= Accolades =

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col" \| Award ! scope="col" \| Ceremony date ! scope="col" \| Category ! scope="col" \| Recipient(s) ! scope="col" \| Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \| Ref.
scope="row" \| San Sebastián International Film Festival \| 28 September 2024 \| Golden Seashell \| rowspan = "2" \| In Her Place \| {{nom}} \| align="center" \| {{cite web \|last1=Taylor \|first1=Nick \|title=San Sebastián Announces Their Competition Slate! \|url=http://thefilmexperience.net/blog/2024/7/31/san-sebastian-announces-their-competition-slate.html \|website=The Film Experience \|access-date=21 August 2024}}
scope= "row" \| Forqué Awards \| 14 December 2024 \|\| Best Latin-American Film \|\| {{won}} \|\| {{center\|{{Cite web\|website=eldiario.es\|url=https://www.eldiario.es/cultura/cine/47-triunfa-premios-forque-marca-territorio-cara-goya_1_11902522.html\|title='El 47' triunfa en los Premios Forqué y marca el territorio de cara a los Goya\|date=14 December 2024\|first=Javier\|last=Zurro}}}}

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scope="row" | San Sebastián International Film Festival

| 28 September 2024

| Golden Seashell

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| align="center" | {{cite web |last1=Taylor |first1=Nick |title=San Sebastián Announces Their Competition Slate! |url=http://thefilmexperience.net/blog/2024/7/31/san-sebastian-announces-their-competition-slate.html |website=The Film Experience |access-date=21 August 2024}}

scope= "row" | Forqué Awards

| 14 December 2024 || Best Latin-American Film || {{won}} || {{center|{{Cite web|website=eldiario.es|url=https://www.eldiario.es/cultura/cine/47-triunfa-premios-forque-marca-territorio-cara-goya_1_11902522.html|title='El 47' triunfa en los Premios Forqué y marca el territorio de cara a los Goya|date=14 December 2024|first=Javier|last=Zurro}}}}