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2) No
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment [distributor]
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
Español
Description
An ad executive comes up with a campaign to defeat Augusto Pinochet in Chile's 1988 referendum.
3) Chile '76
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Language
Español
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Set during the early days of Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship, CHILE ‘76 builds from quiet character study to gripping suspense thriller as it explores one woman’s precarious flirtation with political engagement. Carmen (Aline Kuppenheim) leads a sheltered upper middle class existence. She heads to her summer house in the off-season to supervise its renovation, while also performing local charitable works through her church. Her husband, children,...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
A choir of creatures introduces a world delicately constructed by fantasy, mystery, and magical realism in Francisca Alegra's poignant and stunning debut feature. It begins in a river in the south of Chile where fish are dying due to pollution from a nearby factory. Amid their floating bodies, long-deceased Magdalena bubbles up to the surface gasping for air, bringing with her old wounds and a wave of family secrets. The shocking return sends her...
Publisher
Distributed by Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
c2016.
Language
Español
Description
Documentary that masterfully explores the significance of water in Chile's vast history and culture, examining the indigenous tribes of the western Patagonian waterways and the tragic journey of Jemmy Button, who in 1830 was bought by the English navy for the price of a mother of pearl button.
Publisher
Cinema Libre Studio
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
Español
Description
"After suffering a heart attack, retired General Jose Mendieta is haunted by his dark past as an officer in Operation Condor, the CIA-backed campaign of political repression in Latin America that was responsible for executions, torture, and imprisonments in the 1970s. In a letter to his son Pablo, Mendieta confesses the role he played in the abduction, persecution, and execution of countless men and women during his posting to Chile."--
9) Coronation
Publisher
Distributed by Facets Video
Pub. Date
2005
Language
Español
Description
The story of a middle aged man who becomes obsessed with the teenage girl he hires to care for his ailing grandmother.
10) The 33
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 2010, the eyes of the world turned to Chile, where 33 miners had been buried alive by the catastrophic explosion and collapse of a 100-year-old gold and copper mine. Over the next 69 days, an international team worked night and day in a desperate attempt to rescue the trapped men as their families and friends, as well as millions of people globally, waited and watched anxiously for any sign of hope.
12) Neruda
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Español
Appears on list
Description
An inspector hunts down Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet, Pablo Neruda, who becomes a fugitive in his home country in the late 1940s for joining the Communist Party.
13) Patagonia rising
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
2012
Language
Español
Description
A proposed building of a dam along the Baker and Pascua rivers causes great conflict among the people of Patagonia.
Series
Publisher
Film Movement/RB Media
Pub. Date
2014
Language
Español
Description
Hardworking family man Jorge is just barely making ends meet. When he gets mugged by Kalule, a neighborhood delinquent, Jorge's son decides to confront Kalule, only to get himself shot in the process. Sentenced to a scant 2 years in prison for the offense, Kalule, released and now intent on revenge, goes on the warpath, terrorizing Jorge's family. With his wife, son and daughter at the mercy of a thug, Jorge has no choice but to take justice into...
Publisher
Icarus Films
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
Español
Description
Director Patricio Guzman travels to the driest place on earth, Chile's Atacama Desert, where astronomers examine distant galaxies, archaeologists uncover traces of ancient civilizations, and women dig for the remains of disappeared relatives.
16) The wolf house
Publisher
Kim Stim
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Español
Description
Maria is a young girl who hides in a mysterious abandoned house in southern Chile after escaping from a colony run by German religious fanatics. She's greeted by two pigs sheltering there, and the house begins to react to Maria's feelings, eventually transforming the animals into humans in a phantasmagoria of beauty and horror.
18) Gun shy
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
When vacationing in Chile, an aging and pampered rock star's supermodel wife is suddenly kidnapped by renegades. Unable to navigate more than ordering a sandwich from room service, now he must take to the backstreets of Santiago in this hilarious caper that is as entertaining as it is hair-raising.
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
2008, c2006
Language
English
Description
In 1973, Gen. Pinochet overtook Chile in a violent coup. In 1998 came the surprise arrest of the former Chilean dictator for crimes against humanity. Armed with a diplomatic passport and apparent immunity, the retired general visited Great Britain for a vacation that was to forever change his life -- and the prospects for dictators across the globe. Amnesty International spearheaded the long-awaited arrest with help from the Spanish and British governments,...