Movies and TvShows featuring "chilean-exile" theme.

11'09''01 September 11 is an anthology film that depicts various stories related to the events and aftermath of the September 11 attacks. The film explores different perspectives and themes like war on terror, elderly people affected by the attacks, Chilean coup d'état in 1973, split-screen storytelling, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, unsociability, the tragic events of September 11, 2001, and more. It provides a glimpse into the impact of the terrorist attack on the world and its implications.

The Return of a Library Lover is a documentary short film that tells the story of a library lover who returns to his home in Santiago, Chile after years of exile. The film explores the themes of nostalgia, oneiric experiences, and the impact of exile on the protagonist. Through secret filming, the director captures the non-professional cast and their genuine emotions as they navigate their return to their roots in Southern Chile.

Chilean exiles in Paris discuss the problems facing them. They kidnap and attempt to re-educate a touring singer from their fatherland.

In 1998 former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet visits Britain for medical treatment. On being tipped off, Amnesty International seize the chance to bring to justice a man they insist is guilty of multiple human rights violations. The newly-elected Labour government is initially amenable, and soon Pinochet is under house arrest (albeit in a detached house in leafy suburbia) and awaiting extradition to Spain. However, Amnesty are up against the complexities of British law, the vacillations of Home Secretary Jack Straw, Pinochet's former ally Margaret Thatcher - and the Senator's own vast reserves of cunning.

A Chilean exile leaves his Swedish partner to return to Chile. There he meets his old love, Consuelo.

Unfinished Diary is a documentary film that tells the story of a woman's diary that remains unfinished during the time of Chilean cinema in exile. The film explores the themes of motherhood, women's experiences, and the challenges faced by those in exile.

A gripping documentary that delves into the dark and tumultuous history of Chile, highlighting the exploitation of labor, secret filming, and the impact of the Chilean coup d'etat.

No hay olvido, composed of three parts, each directed by a young Chilean filmmaker forced to flee his country, is about the difficult condition of exiles in a specific political and social context, in this case, Quebec. The first part, entitled J'explique certaines choses, is in Spanish with French subtitles, and shows us more precisely the lifestyle of a group of Chileans. In Slowly, which forms the second part, we are asked, through Lucia, a young Chilean exile, the problem of integration into a new social environment. Finally, Jours de fer (Steel Blues), the third and only part available in English, is a cruel reminder of the harsh condition of the uprooted man who must find work at all costs to ensure his survival.

The life of a right-wing housewife in Chile during the prior days to Salvador Allende's military overthrow.

Ivan is a kid whose family decides to go back to Chile from New York, after at least a decade away. Ivan of course is not quite the Chilean kid his grandparents would like him to be: he sulks, misses the Opera, finds things odd and ugly, acting like a real "little gringo" (hence the title).

For five years Rogelio, a Chilean exile, has been in the GDR, where he works as a lighting technician at a theater. Though his colleagues try to make him feel welcome, he feels lonely and isolated.

Claudio Sapiain, who lived with his family in Sweden during his exile after the coup in Chile, describes what it was like to return to his homeland.

Film by Christian Ziewer.