Affections (Spanish: Los afectos) is a 2024 musical drama film written and directed by Diego Ayala and Aníbal Jofré. An international co-production between Chile and Ecuador, the film stars Gastón Salgado as a school inspector who witnesses the police assault his teenage daughter amid a wave of protests.
Synopsis.
Benjamín is a divorced school inspector who maintains a poor relationship with his ex-partner and a distant one with his teenage daughter. However, he finds himself under pressure when his daughter Karina transfers to the school where he works, as he must decide whether to follow the school administration's dirty instructions or get involved in the student protests in which his daughter participates.
Release.
The film had its world premiere on August 22, 2024, at the 20th Santiago International Film Festival, to then commercially released on December 12, 2024, in Chilean theaters.