Casa de remolienda (lit. 'Regrind house') is a 2007 Chilean drama film directed by Joaquín Eyzaguirre and written by Cynthia Rimsky & Gonzalo San Martín. Starring Amparo Noguera, Alfredo Castro, Tamara Acosta and Daniel Muñoz. It is based on the play La Remolienda by Alejandro Sieveking. It premiered on August 30, 2007, in Chilean theaters.
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Synopsis
In the 50s, in a town in the south of Chile, a recently widowed peasant woman decides to go down to the town to marry her 3 children. His sister lives in the village, whom he has not seen for 20 years. The latter, Rebeca, has a house regrind affair that Nicolasa is unaware of. Rebeca has 3 young prostitutes whom she decides to dress as young ladies who are housed in this supposed boarding house. Electric light is being installed in town, an obvious symbol of progress, and the engineer in charge is Renato, an old love of Rebeca's, whom he abandoned 20 years ago.
Cast
The actors participating in this film are:
Amparo Noguera as Nicolasa
Paulina García as Rebeca
Tamara Acosta as María Mercedes (Ronca)
Luz Valdivieso as Isaura
Daniel Muñoz as Valentín
Alfredo Castro as Renato
Daniela Lhorente as Yola
Claudio Arredondo as Oscar Badilla
Francisca Eyzaguirre as Chepa
Luis Gnecco as Mauricio Valdebenito
Claudio Valenzuela as Remolacha Sanhueza
Álvaro Espinoza as Graciano Morales
Andrés Eyzaguirre as Nicolás Morales
Luis Bravo as Gilberto Morales
Carlos Belmar as Drunk Sad
Wilson Fuentes as Employee
Osvaldo Salom as Don Eutanasio (Matarifé)
Jorge Topp as Don Chalo
Consuelo Castillo as Prostitute 2
Pamela Pacheco as Prostitute 3
Carlos Montenegro as Employee at Casa de Remolienda
Loreto Vuskovic as Bar Waitress
Reception
Box-office
In its first week on the billboard it debuted in third place, attracting 14,465 viewers increasing to 26,077 viewers in its second week, displacing The Simpsons Movie. In its third week, it continued to lead by raising $40,992. For its fourth week, the film attracted 13,887 viewers for a total of 50,970 viewers. After 11 weeks on the billboard, it caught a total of 74.244 viewers, collecting $176.532.660 Chilean pesos, becoming the fourth most successful national film of that year.