Interview with Dominga Sotomayor, “Thursday Till Sunday”  Posted
by Channing Davisson on 8.12.2012  Thursday Till Sunday director
Dominga Sotomayor. Photo by Benjamin Echazarreta.  Adolescence
is a difficult time, no matter what country you call home. This
is certainly true for 10-year-old Lucia, a Chilean girl resting
uneasily on the border between childhood and adulthood in
Dominga Sotomayor's Thursday Till Sunday. Ever-aware and wise
beyond her years, Lucia sits in the backseat of her family's
beaten-up old car as they head on what may be their last trip
together. She observes her parents fighting silently in the
front seat and does her best to interject. They try speaking
partially in English to throw her off, but Lucia still manages
to piece together what they're fighting about. As the trip
progresses, so does Lucia's insight about what is truly going on
within her own family.  Relying heavily on silence and glances
to project emotion, Sotomayor's film is accessible and moving
despite being light on dial