Chilean auteur Valeria Sarmiento and actress/producer Chamila Rodríguez are presenting their film, ‘Behind the Rain,’ at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. The movie explores the sensitive topic of childhood sexual abuse and aims to break the silence surrounding it.
Sarmiento and Rodríguez discussed their competition film at the Czech festival, highlighting its focus on a difficult subject matter. The filmmakers are addressing what they see as a pervasive silence around issues of abuse.
The film is presented in striking black and white. Details about the plot or specific characters were not provided in the source material, but the core purpose of ‘Behind the Rain’—according to Sarmiento and Rodríguez—is to confront and discuss childhood sexual abuse.
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