The Battle of Chile: Part I is a documentary film that explores the political events and social upheaval in Chile during the 1970s. It focuses on the rise of Salvador Allende, the right-wing terror attacks, and the eventual coup d'etat that led to a dictatorship.
The Battle of Chile: Part II is a gripping documentary that captures the intense political struggle and popular resistance in Chile during the 1970s. It explores the aftermath of the 1973 coup d'etat that overthrew the socialist government of Salvador Allende and led to the rise of the brutal right-wing military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. The film delves into the crimes committed by the military junta, including torture, political murders, and the persecution of journalists. It provides a detailed account of the strategies employed by the Chilean people to resist the fascist regime and fight for their freedom.
The final part of a groundbreaking documentary trilogy about the political struggles in Chile during the early 1970s, focusing on the power dynamics, worker strikes, and popular movements that shaped the country's history.
Johnny, a teenage boy from Santiago, Chile, aspires to become a thief. Along with a gang of friends, they plan a heist to steal money from a high-rise office building. However, their plans go awry when a botched crime turns into a media hype and hostage situation. As tensions rise and the police close in, Johnny and his friends must find a way to escape the situation alive.
Niki and his friends are members of the marginalised underclass living on the outskirts of Santiago. During Chile's transition from dictatorship to democracy (1988-1990), they forge a path from drug- and drink-fuelled nihilism and petty crime into the world of market-driven illegality and Niki begins a seemingly predestined relationship with the middle-class "loca", Manuela. Memorable episodes and characters, quotable dialogue and a mix of earthy national portrait and surrealistic flourish make this one of the key Chilean films of the Nineties.
Nieves has murdered the man who was tried to rape his younger brother. Sentenced to five years in prison, she is immersed in a hard and marginal world, she does yearns to one day being released and fulfill her lifelong dream: to know the flowery desert in northern Chile. When an oversight of her captors allows her to flee, her dreams will have to wait still. She dedicates herself to managing a nightclub where her former jailmates prostitute themselves.
Manena is the headstrong adolescent daughter of Pancho, a rich Chilean landowner who devotes his vacation to one thing : the invasion of his artificial lagoon by carps. While he employs increasingly radical methods, Manena has her first romantic experiences and hearbreak - and discovers a silent world in the shadow of her own : that of the Mapuche Indians who demand access to the land and clash with her father.
This stark Chilean melodrama concerns itself with the plight of slum dwellers living outside Santiago. For many years they have, with great difficulty, been faithfully paying small sums to a real estate man. This man has said that by doing so they can obtain title to the miniscule plots of land their houses stand on. In fact, he has been swindling them and does not even own the land he has been "selling." One of the aggrieved slum dwellers confronts him about this while he is visiting the slum, and the real estate agent shoots him before everyone's eyes. The question confronting these witnesses is whether testifying against this monster will make their lives even more precarious.
This documentary explores the civil rights movement of the Mapuche people in southern Chile, focusing on the political persecution, imprisonment, and repression they face in their fight for indigenous rights and control over their stolen land. It highlights their resistance movement and the protests against the Chilean police's actions. The film also sheds light on the social and cultural aspects of the native language and the impact of timber exploitation on the Mapuche community.
A documentary on the struggle of the Mapuche Indians of Chile to maintain their traditional way of life, increase their autonomy, and recover land taken from them,
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