Chile ’76 movie storyline. Carmen, a 50-year-old housewife from a middle-class family, enjoys a comfortable life in Santiago with her successful and respected doctor husband Miguel and their adult children. In the winter of 1976, three years after Augusto Pinochet seized power in Chile through a coup and established a military dictatorship, Carmen travels to her summer house to oversee renovation work and take some time for herself.
While there, Father Sánchez, the priest of the small coastal town, asks for her help in caring for Elías, a young man who is part of the resistance against the dictator, has been wounded by a bullet, and has taken refuge with him. Because Carmen has medical knowledge and had once aspired to study medicine herself, and has also been involved in charitable projects in the church, she agrees to assist.
Chile ’76 is a 2022 Chilean-Argentine drama film directed by Manuela Martelli in her directorial debut, with a screenplay co-written by Martelli and Alejandra Moffat. The film premiered on May 26, 2022, in the Directors’ Fortnight section at the Cannes Film Festival and was released in Chilean cinemas on October 20, 2022. It was nominated in the Best Ibero-American Film category at the 37th Goya Awards.
Chile ’76 (2023)
Directed by: Manuela Martelli
Starring: Aline Kuppenheim, Nicolás Sepúlveda, Hugo Medina, Alejandro Goic, Carmen Gloria Martínez, Antonia Zegers, Marcial Tagle, Amalia Kassai, Ana Clara Delfino, Elena Delfino
Screenplay by: Manuela Martelli, Alejandra Moffat
Production Design by: Estefania Larrain
Cinematography by: Yarará Rodríguez
Film Editing by: Camila Mercadal
Costume Design by: Pilar Calderon, Gabriela Varela Laciar
Set Decoration by: Francisca Correa
Music by: Mariá Portugal
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Kino Lorber
Release Date: May 26, 2022 (Cannes), October 20, 2022 (Chile), May 5, 2023 (United States)
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