In the case of 'Disobedience,' the very secretive way of life and religion and tradition that the North London Orthodox Jewish community has was a huge invitation to explore an unknown world. And also a possible trap, and I tried… — Sebastian Lelio Copy Share Image
I didn't know how I was going to deal with 'Disobedience' because it takes place in such a specific and often secretive world. — Sebastian Lelio Copy Share Image
The idea behind 'Gloria' was to take a secondary character - the aunt, the mother - and stay with her as she becomes our… — Sebastian Lelio Copy Share Image
Cinema is empathy machinery, and we multiply our life experience through cinema. When it is good cinema, it almost counts as a personal experience. — Sebastian Lelio Copy Share Image
There's something about using the cinematic device as a tool to connect with dimensions of the world that you don't know too well, you're… — Sebastian Lelio Copy Share Image
I was writing when I was very young, and then I became interested in everything - I wanted to do photography. I wanted to… — Sebastian Lelio Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a poet. I wrote from ages 15 to 22, but I left it because I discovered, and fell in love with, cinema. — Sebastian Lelio Copy Share Image
I don't come from a rich family, but my parents are professionals. — Sebastian Lelio Copy Share Image
In Latin America, cinema has always been a bourgeois activity, I guess, as it is everywhere. It's just a stupidly expensive art form, and… — Sebastian Lelio Copy Share Image
