El Cocinero de Ross

El Cocinero de Ross () is a 2006 short film directed by Yovanny Moraga Paredes and produced by the Agrupación de Audiovisualistas de Pichilemu. The plot is based on a love story set in the town of Pichilemu in 1926, when the Pichilemu train station was inaugurated as the first train arrived.

Plot

In 1926, for the first time a train is approaching the Pichilemu station. Agustín Ross' tourism company, proprietary of the town's park, hotel, and casino, attracted wealthy families who spent their summer vacations in these accommodations. Antonio, who worked at the hotel as chef, meets and falls in love with Emilia, a young woman from a wealthy santiaguina family, who gets to Pichilemu to spend her vacations with her mother. She requites Antonio's love, and together they experience a love story set in a small town, affected by the socioeconomic differences between each other.

Release and production

El Cocinero de Ross premiered at the Pista Municipal de Pichilemu () on 28 October 2006

Credits

Main cast

  • Jenifer Vargas – Emilia
  • Sebastián Carmona – Antonio
  • Juan Luis Ruiz
  • Rebeca Cornejo
  • Fabricio Cáceres
  • Jhonny Salas

Filmmaking

  • Yovanny Moraga Paredes – director, screenwriter
  • Fabián Allende Busto – producer
  • Pablo Guerrero – assistant director
  • Alfonso Rodríguez – cinematographer
  • Francisco Cáceres – director of audiography
  • Victor Yévenes – lighting technician
  • Paula Gálvez – art director
  • Sonia Pavez and Sebastián Carmona – cast director
  • Original music by Vicente Gómez
  • Jairo Moraga Paredes – location manager and set decorator
  • José Luis Arraño – graphic designer
  • Produced by the Agrupación de Audiovisualistas de Pichilemu
  • Sponsored and funded by the Government of Chile's Audiovisual Development Fund, the Illustrious Municipality of Pichilemu, the Ministry of Public Works of Chile, Tren del Vino del Valle de Colchagua, Government of Cardenal Caro Province, the National Forest Corporation (CONAF), amid other organizations and institutions.

Credits adapted from El Cocinero de Ross DVD cover.