Antelope
A film by Diego Murillo
In the midst of a Brooklyn winter, the routine of an exiled Venezuelan woman is disrupted by unsettling messages from back home, as a recurrent presence roams near.
En medio del invierno, la rutina de una mujer venezolana exiliada en Brooklyn es interrumpida por angustiantes mensajes de su familia, mientras que una presencia recurrente merodea a su alrededor.
Director statement
Antílope (Antelope) is a vivid and intimate tale about loss, solitude, and exile.
With a mixture of drama and mystery, it blends the routinary with the unexpected and the odd, portraying the inner and outer world of its protagonist.
Being the basis of the story factual, truth becomes one of the greatest elements in this project. Although all stories are at some degree autobiographical, Antílope blurs the line almost completely, making the project a hybrid, a sort of reenacted fiction that plays with fantastic elements.
The Venezuelan crisis, the moving of Amanda (who portrays Igua) to New York City, the family struggling back home, the Brooklyn apartment, the uncertainties of the immigration process, the restaurant and its people, the feelings and burdens, they are all true and recent. And even though the crisis is not shown directly in the story, it serves as a backbone, as a force that lingers in the mind of the protagonist, invisible for those around her.
Directed by
Diego Murillo
Written by
Amanda Isea Lopez & Diego Murillo
Director of Photography
Brandon Yoon
Produced by
Amanda Isea Lopez, Nick Jones, Juan Carlos Lossada, Diego Murillo, Rafael Lacau
Editor
Diego Murillo
Sound Design by
David de Luca
Key Cast
Amanda Isea Lopez as Igua, Nick Hlinka as Co-worker, María Elena López as Madre, Dayza as The Dog.
