{"id":3491,"date":"2026-07-03T14:06:38","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T14:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=3491"},"modified":"2026-07-03T14:06:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T14:06:38","slug":"cannes-winner-diego-cespedes-preps-wild-second-feature-the-case-of-the-boy-who-lost-his-heart-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=3491","title":{"rendered":"Cannes Winner Diego C\u00e9spedes Preps \u2018Wild\u2019 Second Feature, \u2018The Case of the Boy Who Lost His Heart\u2019 (EXCLUSIVE)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n\tChilean wunderkind Diego C\u00e9spedes whose debut feature \u201cThe Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo\u201d (\u201cLa Misteriosa Mirada del Flamenco\u201d) snagged the top prize in Cannes\u2019 Un Certain Regard last year, is prepping his sophomore pic, \u201cThe Case of the Boy Who Lost His Heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=3489\">Busan, Palm Springs Selection \u2018Max, Min &amp; Meowzaki\u2019 Sets India Theatrical Release With Platoon One Films (EXCLUSIVE)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tNews comes in the wake of another milestone in the 31-year-old\u2019s fledgling career when he was invited to join the 79<sup>th<\/sup> Cannes main competition jury last May. He became the first Chilean filmmaker \u2013 and certainly the youngest \u2013 to receive such an honor since Ra\u00fal Ruiz in 2002.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tSet in a fog-shrouded Chilean town circa 1992, his latest pic centers on disgraced detective Ferrari (59) who is investigating a series of murders\u2014men found without hearts, their deaths blamed on a monstrous woman. With her assistant Sheyla Williams (32), she follows the trail to a family of women who work seasonally harvesting giant-lettuces. There she uncovers the truth behind the myth: the unresolved horrors of the dictatorship and a murderous hatred of dissident bodies.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cI\u2019m thrilled to be filming in Chile again. After everything the past few years have brought, starting a new film feels like the beginning of a new chapter. I\u2019m excited to discover new faces, meet new talent and at the same time reunite with the people I\u2019ve had the privilege of working with for so many years. I can\u2019t wait to get started,\u201d C\u00e9spedes told <em>Variety.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cThe Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo\u201d is described by <em>Variety <\/em>as \u201can offbeat study of a transgender commune living in the Chilean desert around the onset of the 1980s AIDS epidemic.\u201d It was the only Chilean feature to be nominated for the coveted Premios Platino last April, which its producer Giancarlo Nasi of Quijote Films attended. \u201cWe believe these Platino Awards represent, in a way, the culmination of many years of work as well as an exceptionally intense year,\u201d he told <em>Variety.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=3487\">\u2018Power Book III: Raising Kanan\u2019 Introduces Young [SPOILER], Character to Appear in \u2018Power: Origins\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tIt was selected to represent Chile on the international awards circuit, including the Academy Awards and the Goya Awards.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cI deeply admire Diego as a director, a writer, and a filmmaker with a clear mission: to fight for his cinema and create space for voices the industry has long overlooked,\u201d said Nasi. \u201cFrom Quijote, we\u2019ve traveled a long road together: from the short film that premiered at the Cannes Critics\u2019 Week [\u201cThe Melting Creatures\u201d] and then the feature that won Un Certain Regard [\u201c\u2026Flamingo\u201d]. Seeing him on the jury of the Official Competition this year was deeply moving and it had a tremendous impact in Chile and across the region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cSo when it comes to starting from scratch and embarking on a new adventure with him, we do it with more energy than ever. This project is beautiful and completely wild, unlike anything we\u2019ve developed before and that\u2019s why we make films: to blow the minds of audiences and our own first,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tBased in Santiago de Chile and Los Angeles, Quijote Films has co-produced close to 30 films with more than 23 countries. Among them are \u201cThe Blue Trail\u201d by Gabriel Mascaro, winner of the Berlinale Silver Bear and which was also nominated for a Premios Platino prize, including a best actor nomination for its lead, Rodrigo Santoro (\u201c300,\u201d \u201cLove, Actually\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=3485\">Laura Jackson Returns to Host CNN\u2019s Global Culture Show \u2018Seasons\u2019 (EXCLUSIVE)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chile\u2019s Diego C\u00e9spedes (\u2018The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo\u2019) is prepping his second feature, \u2018The Case of the Boy Who Lost His Heart.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3490,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2882,2883,172,2884],"class_list":["post-3491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film","tag-cannes-un-certain-regard","tag-diego-cespedes","tag-premios-platino","tag-quijote-films"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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