Bitter Gold (Spanish: Oro amargo) is a 2024 neo-Western thriller drama film directed by Juan Francisco Olea. The film stars Francisco Melo and Katalina Sánchez as a gold miner and his teenage daughter who defend an illegal gold mine from other miners who want to steal from them. It is a co-production between Chile, Germany, Mexico and Uruguay.
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Synopsis
Carola lives in the Atacama Desert with her father, Pacífico, operating a copper mine, although they hide a secret: a vein of gold. After a violent confrontation with an intruding miner, Pacífico is injured. Carola takes his place in the mine, defying her own youth and the hostility of the other miners to achieve her dream of a home by the sea.
Cast
Katalina Sánchez as Carola
Francisco Melo as Pacífico
Michael Silva as Humberto
Daniel Antivilo as Juan María
Moisés Angulo as Vladimiro
Carlos Donoso as Amadeo
Carla Moscatelli as Doctor
Matias Catalán as Gaspar
Carlos Rodríguez as Félix
Anibal Vásquez as Aníbal
Carlos Troncoso as Nelson
Release
Bitter Gold had its world premiere on October 13, 2024, at the 40th Warsaw Film Festival, then screened on November 24, 2024, at the 55th International Film Festival of India, on January 14, 2025, at the 6th Ñuble National Film Festival, on January 28, 2025, at the 48th Gothenburg Film Festival, on March 23, 2025, at the 34th African, Asian and Latin American Film Festival, and on April 26, 2025, at the Lichter Filmfest Frankfurt International.
The film was commercially released on May 8, 2025, in Chilean theaters by Cinecolor Films.