Lost Queens

Lost Queens
Film poster
Locas Perdidas
Directed byIgnacio Juricic
Written byIgnacio Juricic
Produced byMariana Tejos Martignoni
StarringAndrew Bargsted
Roxana Campos
Catalina Vásquez Cristi
Rodrigo Pérez
Macarena Lagos
Maite Neira
CinematographyDanilo Miranda
Edited byValentina Ruiz Sierra
Music byEsteban Gómez
Pablo Álvarez
Roberto Espinoza
Production
companies
Realizadora de Cine y Televisión – Universidad de Chile, Productora Locas Perdidas
Release date
  • May 21, 2015 (2015-05-21) (Cannes Film Festival)
Running time
28 minutes
CountryChile
LanguageSpanish

Lost Queens, or Locas Perdidas, is a short film by Chilean director Ignacio Juricic Merillán. The film was released at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, where it was one of 18 short films shortlisted from a list of 1,600 for the Cinéfondation. Lost Queens won the Second Prize.

Film

The film is 28 minutes long. The producer was Mariana Tejos Martignoni.

Plot

In 1996, 18-year-old Rodrigo is arrested by the police in a televised raid on the club where he works as a drag queen. He returns home fearful that his family will see him on the news. While all the family is getting ready for a wedding, he makes plans to run away with the 48-year-old hairdresser Mauricio, a family friend and Rodrigo's boyfriend.

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "Cannes Festival website". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 2007-10-14. Retrieved 2015-06-30.
  3. ↑ "Cinéfondation award winners news". cinefondation.com. Archived from the original on April 7, 2013. Retrieved 2015-06-30.
  4. ↑ "Cinélatino | Enigma". Cinélatino. Retrieved 2026-08-06.
  5. ↑ "LOCAS PERDIDAS (LOST QUEENS) - Festival de Cannes". Festival de Cannes. Archived from the original on 2025-01-23. Retrieved 2026-08-06.
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  7. ↑ "LOCAS PERDIDAS (LOST QUEENS)". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2015-06-30.
  8. ↑ "LOCAS PERDIDAS (LOST QUEENS)". Cinéma de Demain. Retrieved 2026-08-06.