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Mary and Mike are a couple of elite agents from the Chilean secret police, DINA. Their job is to eliminate opposition leaders who from abroad articulate resistance to the fierce military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. In her public life, Mary is a writer and she relates with the most outstanding members of Santiago's cultural life. Mike, is a talented "gringo" for electronics. They live with their children Cony and Simon in the suburbs of Santiago where they tend to give crowded parties. But as they celebrate, in the backyard of their home they torture, murder and experiment with weapons of mass destruction.
The Germanic cult 'Colonia Dignidad' abused children, tortured and killed prisoners in its secret compound. Now, with Chilean dictator Pinochet gone, Leo Ramírez, a young federal prosecutor, must bring its leader Paul Schaefer to justice.
In the late 1960s, two young sisters, Ramona and Helga, emigrate from the countryside to the city. Upon arriving in Santiago, Chile, they start a clandestine business selling wine in a camp that is being built in the outskirts of the city.
This documentary offers a portrait of the photographer Sergio Larrain based on the mark that he left during the course of his existence: photographs, testimonies, philosophical texts, and in particular, thousands of letters that are the gateway to his inner world and the mysteries of his life and work.
Bim Bam Bum is the most important revue show of Santiago’s bohemian life. Behind the power, glamor and sensuality, a young starlet ready for anything, reachs fame too fast and experiences its most brutal fall.
Santiago decides to start a family with his girlfriend Ana, even though she is pregnant with her ex, Pancho's. However, the real challenge will come when Pancho unexpectedly returns from Miami to get involved in the pregnancy, unleashing a series of comical and chaotic situations in his home.
Tommy and Manu are two thirty-something hustlers who sell audiovisual projects to major brands. They try to make as much money as possible with little work. They're on the road for their latest venture in Northen Chile which may very well be a dead end.
A look at the renowned writer Roberto Bolaño, and the turmoil caused by his strange relationship with Chile, his homeland. We approach the writer through his friends, his irony and his genius, traveling across Mexico, Spain and Chile.
A child disappears from his parents sight in a mysterious but haunting forest after a punishment.
Eight people meet the famous Chilean radio host, "El Rumpy," and tell him about their love or heartbreak experiences. Be it a drama or a happy ending, there is a song that is part of the story, and the story is part of the song.
Two brothers sneak into a circus in order to free their grandfather's horse and fulfill his last wish.
Documentary about Gordon Matta-Clark, who died in 1978 at the age of 35 and is considered one of the most interesting and valuable independent artists in the United States. Son of the famous Chilean painter Roberto Matta, the artist was born in New York, the city where he developed a large part of his career, founding the movement called "anarquitectura".
Marcos Tremmer is a successful publicist who lives in Madrid, madly in love with his wife, Lucía. One day, Marcos discovers that a deadly disease will end his life in a few months.
Los Jaivas are the most important rock band in the history of Chile. 55 years of music and friendship. Memories emerge note by note, song after song, tour after tour. An intimate portrait of their musical life where for the first time they share their archives that have been accumulated for years on the shelves of a small apartment in Santiago.
It traces the work of Vicente Ruiz and his creative process, the emotional impulses behind his work and the constant search for change. With archival footage and testimonies, the documentary explores the social role of art through one of the leading figures of Chilean counterculture in the 1980s.
A poetic journey from Tierra del Fuego to Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, made by nine Latin American and European poets, artists and architects in 1965. Recostructing the events that made this unique experience of art and life possible, as well its consequences, like the foundation of the vanguardist school of architecture of Valparaíso University and the building of an “Open City” in the sands of the Chilean Pacific Ocean.
Sonia and Arturo live in a house that appears safe but is too large and silent. One night, three armed men violently break into the couple's property. Arturo manages to escape and capture the youngest and most inexperienced of the thieves, deciding to kidnap him and discipline him in the basement of the house. Gradually, the anger dissipates, and strange familial ties emerge that Arturo and Sonia believed were long gone. "Salvajes" is a violent portrayal of a divided society, in an unequal social fabric where the boundaries between victim and perpetrator become blurred.
Three theater students, influenced by a professor and French theorist Antonin Artaud's acting technique, begin to experiment with their own lives, searching for real emotions and situations to bring onto the stage. Their obsession with becoming better actors leads them to their darkest sides, surpassing boundaries that neither they nor their teachers could ever imagine.
When Bruno, a filmmaker overwhelmed by alimony, receives an ultimatum from his editor to find a subject that help them with ratings, a political candidate appears.
Jerónimo is an antisocial local man who rents rooms in his home to expats so he can snoop around their belongings. One day Sanna arrives, a girl who will change Jerónimo’s life. They start getting closer until Jerónimo discovers that Sanna is hiding something in his house.
