GEN MISHIMA / 2008 / Drama / 8 episodes, 50 minutes each
SYNOPSIS
Far from the first world´s
legislation, Japanese geneticist Seto Mishima founds the Porvenir Institute for
gifted yongsters in the 80´s. A quarter of a century later, Ignacio Maiakosky,
a journalist investigating posible experimentation being performed on humans in
the Institute, falls in love with Elena, an ex “Porvenir Girl”, who disappears without trace.
In his search for Elena, Maiakosky becomes involved in a secret war between
anarchist groups, pharmaceutical companies and the “36 Hidden Saints”, 36 men
and women, all of whom have been genetically manipulated in Porvenir to become
the next step in human evolution.
CREW
Director: Rodrigo Susarte and Alvaro Solar
Executive Producer - Parox: Leonora González Jelincic
Executive Producer - TVN: Rony Goldschmied
CREW
Director: Rodrigo Susarte and Alvaro Solar
Executive Producer - Parox: Leonora González Jelincic
Executive Producer - TVN: Rony Goldschmied
Director of Photography: Jorge Avalos
Art Director: Bernardita Baeza
Sound: Roberto Espinoza
Montage: Javier Estevez
Original Score: Philippe Boisier
MAIN CAST
Cristián Carvajal, Celine Reymond, Diego Casanueva, Fernanda Urrejola, Matias Oviedo, Lucia Cominetti, Tauro Berastegui, Juan Pablo Miranda, Lorena Bosh, Pablo Macaya, Andrea García Huidobro, Andrés Reyes, Taira Court, Luis Kanashiro.
NOMINATIONS
Altazor Prize 2009: Best Script and Best Director.