The Wave (2025 film)
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| Spanish | La ola |
| Directed by | Sebastián Lelio |
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| Cinematography | Benjamín Echazarreta |
| Edited by | Soledad Salfate |
| Music by | Matthew Herbert |
Production company | Fábula |
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Running time | 129 minutes |
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| Language | Spanish |
The Wave (Spanish: La ola) is a 2025 musical drama film directed by Sebastián Lelio, from a screenplay written by Lelio, Manuela Infante, Josefina Fernández and Paloma Salas. Starring Daniela López, Avril Aurora, Lola Bravo and Paulina Cortés, it is loosely inspired by 2018 Chilean feminist protests and strikes.[1]
The film had its world premiere at the Cannes Premiere section of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, on May 16, 2025.[2]
Cast
- Daniela López as Julia[3]
- Avril Aurora as Luna
- Lola Bravo as Rafa
- Paulina Cortés as Tamara
Production
Principal photography had wrapped in April 2024, after filming on location for nine weeks.[4] Accompanying the announcement of the production wrap, it was reported that newcomers Daniela López, Avril Aurora, Lola Bravo and Paulina Cortés had joined the cast.[5]
Music
Seventeen women Chilean musicians, including Ana Tijoux, Camila Moreno and Javiera Parra, collaborated to write the musical composition alongside the film's composer, Matthew Herbert.[1]
Release
The Wave had its world premiere at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival in the Cannes Premiere section, on 16 May 2025.[2][6]
Reception
Guy Lodge of Variety assessed that despite the filmg being "composed and choreographed with energetic aplomb", the two-hour-plus runtime "exposes the repetitiveness of its rhetoric and the sparseness of its drama".[7]
References
- ^ a b Valdivia, Gonzalo (10 April 2024). "La Ola: Sebastián Lelio filma musical inspirado en las manifestaciones feministas de 2018". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 April 2025.
- ^ a b Ntim, Zac (10 April 2025). "Cannes Competition: Aster, Trier, Dardennes, Reichardt, Ducournau & Wes Anderson Among Lineup — Full List". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
- ^ "LA OLA (THE WAVE)". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
- ^ Dams, Tim (10 April 2024). "Sebastián Lelio wraps production, releases first look images for musical film 'The Wave'". Screen International. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
- ^ "Fremantle y Fabula finalizan el rodaje de La ola, de los hermanos Larraín". Todo TV News. 11 April 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
- ^ "The Screenings Guide of the 78th Festival de Cannes". Festival de Cannes. 8 May 2025. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
- ^ Lodge, Guy (17 May 2025). "'The Wave' Review: Sebastián Lelio's Feminist Protest Musical is Vibrantly Staged but Dramatically Flat". Variety.