Manuela Martelli's Tense Political Thriller "Chile '76"
In Chile 1976, the actor turned director examines the brutality of the Pinochet regime and the oppressive gender politics of the society he ruled.
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In Chile 1976, the actor turned director examines the brutality of the Pinochet regime and the oppressive gender politics of the society he ruled.
Actress Manuela Martelli makes an impressive debut as writer-director with this tense and compelling drama about a doctor’s wife (Aline Kuppenheim) who is drawn into sheltering a political agitator during the time of Chile’s dictatorship. Carmen is persuaded by her friend, Padre Sanchez, to help care for the wounded fugitive...
The chilling Chilean film tells the story of an upper-middle class woman swept into the country’s antifascist resistance.