6 Movies Directed by Patricio Guzmèn

La batalla de Chile: La lucha de un pueblo sin armas - Primera parte: La insurrecièn de la burguesèa

La batalla de Chile: La lucha de un pueblo sin armas - Primera parte: La insurrecièn de la burguesèa

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1975-03-18

Languages:

Spanish

Countries:

Venezuela, France, Cuba

Runtime:

191 min

IMDB Ratings:

8.2 (592 Reviews)

Genres:

Documentary

Cast:

Writer:

Jose Bartolome (screenplay)

Pedro Chaskel (screenplay)

Federico Elton (screenplay)

Julio Garcèa Espinosa (screenplay)

Patricio Guzmèn (screenplay)

Fullplot:

The chronicle of the political tension in Chile in 1973 and of the violent counter revolution against the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende.

Chile, the Obstinate Memory

Chile, the Obstinate Memory

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-02-26

Languages:

Spanish

Countries:

Canada, France

Runtime:

59 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (187 Reviews)

Genres:

Documentary

Fullplot:

After decades of fascist rule in Chile, Patricio Guzman returns to his country to screen his documentary, Battle of Chile, which until the time of the filming was banned by authorities. His audience, a new generation of Chileans who remember little of the revolution and ensuing coup reflect on their experience of watching the film after so many years of suppression.

The Pinochet Case

The Pinochet Case

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-10-10

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

France, Chile, Belgium, Spain

Runtime:

110 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (162 Reviews)

Genres:

Documentary

Cast:

Writer:

Patricio Guzmèn

Fullplot:

True story of the saga that was hoped to be the long-awaited justice brought to bear upon Augosto Pinochet, Chilean dictator from 1973 to 1990. In September 1998, Pinochet flew to London on a pleasure trip but experienced back pain and underwent an operation in the London Clinic. Upon waking, he was arrested by Scotland Yard. Could it be that this was to become the first Latin American dictator to answer for crimes while serving as Head of State? After 500 days of house arrest, he nevertheless eventually returned unscathed to Chile, despite the compelling case built against him before & during this period by a young Spanish prosecutor, Carlos Castresana.

Salvador Allende

Salvador Allende

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-09-05

Languages:

Spanish, French, English

Countries:

Belgium, Chile, France, Germany, Spain, Mexico

Runtime:

100 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (513 Reviews)

Fullplot:

From his childhood in Valparaiso to his death during the Pinochet military coup on September 11, 1973, the life and works of Chilean president Salvador Allende.

Nostalgia for the Light

Nostalgia for the Light

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-03-17

Languages:

Spanish, English

Countries:

France, Germany, Chile, Spain, USA

Runtime:

90 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (2562 Reviews)

Fullplot:

In Chile's Atacama Desert, astronomers peer deep into the cosmos in search for answers concerning the origins of life. Nearby, a group of women sift through the sand searching for body parts of loved ones, dumped unceremoniously by Pinochet's regime.

The Pearl Button

The Pearl Button

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2015-10-28

Languages:

Spanish

Countries:

Chile, France, Spain

Runtime:

82 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (123 Reviews)

Genres:

Documentary

Writer:

Patricio Guzmèn (concept)

Fullplot:

The ocean contains the history of all humanity. The sea holds all the voices of the earth and those that come from outer space. Water receives impetus from the stars and transmits it to living creatures. Water, the longest border in Chile, also holds the secret of two mysterious buttons which were found on its ocean floor. Chile, with its 2,670 miles of coastline and the largest archipelago in the world, presents a supernatural landscape. In it are volcanoes, mountains and glaciers. In it are the voices of the Patagonian Indigenous people, the first English sailors and also those of its political prisoners. Some say that water has memory. This film shows that it also has a voice.

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