Chile '76

2022 1h 36m ES

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6.8

SOLID

★6.8TMDB · 57

Drama

Synopsis

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Chile, 1976. Carmen heads off to her beach house. When the family priest asks her to take care of a young man he is sheltering in secret, Carmen steps onto unexplored territories, away from the quiet life she is used to.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Aline Küppenheim
Carmen
Nicolás Sepúlveda
Elías
Hugo Medina
Father Sánchez
Alejandro Goic
Miguel
Carmen Gloria Martinez
Estela
Amalia Kassai
Leonor
Gabriel Urzúa
Tomás
Luis Cerda
Pedro

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Manuela Martelli
Writers: Alejandra Moffat, Manuela Martelli
Languages: Spanish, English
Countries: Argentina, Chile

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ERA

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Released 4 years ago.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Spanish, English.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Argentina, Chile.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Manuela Martelli, shot by Soledad Rodríguez. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Mariá Portugal. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Camila Mercadal shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Aline Küppenheim and Nicolás Sepúlveda and Hugo Medina carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt19758012 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Manuela Martelli directs. Soledad Rodríguez behind the camera. Mariá Portugal scores. Camila Mercadal cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Argentina, Chile. Dialogue in Spanish, English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 4 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Spanish, English.
3International production across 2 countries: Argentina, Chile.
4Directed by Manuela Martelli, shot by Soledad Rodríguez. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Mariá Portugal. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Camila Mercadal shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Aline Küppenheim and Nicolás Sepúlveda and Hugo Medina carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt19758012 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 57 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Soledad Rodríguez
Original score: Mariá Portugal
Editing: Camila Mercadal
Production design: Francisca Correa
Makeup / hair: Valeria Goffreri
Sound: Jesica Suárez
Runtime: 96 min · 1h 36m
Status: Released
Box office: $281,424
Original language: ES
Certification (US): 12
IMDB: Chile '76 (2022)

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CinemaSerf2024-11-21
★ 7/10
Aline Küppenheim turns in quite an impressive performance here as the middle class woman, married to a doctor, who finds herself embroiled in some clandestine activities at the height of the Pinochet administration in Chile. All she actually wants to do is get their beach house repainted, but when the local priest (Hugo Medina) approaches "Carmen" and asks her to take care of an injured young man, she finds herself exposed to quite a few dangers as she discovers "Elías" (Nicolás Sepúlveda) has a bullet hole in him and is on the run with the police looking for him. Over the next ninety minutes we get quite a sense of the peril in which she has to live; of her nervously sneaking about watching her own every move; telling lies and swapping buses when she travelled - all more akin to something from a John Le Carré novel rather than life in a supposedly civilised 1970s nation. What adds to the effectiveness of this drama is the fact that aside from some television actuality, we see little of the actual oppressiveness of the regime. It's the changes in her behaviour and her attitude to the young "Elías" that subtly embeds the sense of menace throughout the film. I didn't love the soundtrack and some might not like the inconclusiveness of the denouement, but I found that - like life in this turmoil-ridden country itself, made it all the more potent. Worth a watch.

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