Salvador Allende

"A leftist revolutionary or a reformist democrat?"

Sep 5 2007 Not Rated 1h 40m
Biography, Documentary

A leftist revolutionary or a reformist democrat? A committed Marxist or a constitutionalist politician? An ethical and moral man or, as Richard Nixon called him, a "son of a bitch"? In SALVADOR ALLENDE, acclaimed Chilean filmmaker Patricio Guzmán (The Battle of Chile and Chile, Obstinate Memory) returns to his native country thirty years after the 1973 military coup that overthrew Chile's Popular Unity government to examine the life of its leader, Salvador Allende, both as a politician and a man.

Plot

From his childhood in Valparaiso to his death during the Pinochet military coup on September 11, 1973, the life and works of Chilean president Salvador Allende.

Written by

Patricio Guzmán

Directed by

Patricio Guzmán

Cast

Salvador Allende, Patricio Guzmán, Jacques Bidou

Crew

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Production Countries

Chile

Production Companies

JBA Production, Universidad de Guadalajara, Mediapro, CV Films, Les Films de la Passerelle

Languages

Español, English

Awards

1 win & 2 nominations

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