Too Late to Die Young (film)

Too Late to Die Young (Spanish: Tarde para morir joven) is a 2018 Chilean film directed by Dominga Sotomayor Castillo.[3] She became the first woman ever to win the Leopard for Best Direction at the Locarno Festival.[4] This coming of age tale, set in an intentional community in rural Chile in 1990, follows a teen girl named Sofía (Hernández) as she navigates adolescence.[5][6]

Too Late to Die Young
Film poster
Directed byDominga Sotomayor Castillo
Written byDominga Sotomayor Castillo
CinematographyInti Briones
Release date
  • August 2, 2018 (2018-08-02) (Locarno Film Festival)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryChile
LanguageSpanish
Box office$14,084[1][2]

Cast

Reception

The film currently has a 98% approval rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes based on 51 reviews, with an average rating of 7.59/10. The site's critics' consensus reads: "Too Late to Die Young uses one family's experiences as the foundation for a dreamily absorbing drama with a poignant, lingering warmth."[7] On Metacritic[8] the film holds an 80/100 average based on 15 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

References
  1. "Too Late to Die Young (2019)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  2. "Too Late to Die Young (2019)". The Numbers. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  3. "Locarno first look: Too Late to Die Young depicts a country coming of age". Sight & Sound. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  4. "Leopard for Best Direction: Dominga Sotomayor". Locarno Festival. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  5. Weissberg, Jay (7 August 2018). "Film Review: 'Too Late to Die Young'". Variety. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  6. Kohn, Eric (13 August 2018). "'Too Late to Die Young' Review: 'Captain Fantastic' Meets Lucrecia Martel in Stunning Tale of Growing Up in Small Moments". IndieWire. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  7. On "Too Late to Die Young (Tarde para morir joven)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  8. Too Late to Die Young, retrieved 9 October 2019
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