Patricio Guzmán — Director (16)

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Chile, a Galaxy of Problems (2010)
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other title: Chile, una galaxia de problemas
In 2008 Patricio Guzmán carried out a survey to find out the "state of historical memory" in Santiago. To do this, it brings together a small number of historians, psychologists, economists, engineers, lawyers and other members of the Chilean elite. It is a documentary in the form of a report that directly shows the opinions of each participant (including Juan Emilio Cheyre, former commander-in-chief of the armed forces). As expected, the result is controversial.

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The Southern Cross (1992)
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other title: La cruz del sur / La cruz del Sur …
Taking as a guiding theme of religion in Latin America, the film shows the pre-Columbian myths, the arrival of the white man, later syncretism and liberation theology. The main theme is the "popular religion". In Latin America this forms a kind of religious sacred territory where millions of Indians seeking refuge. This is repeated in Brazil, where African religions are another impenetrable territory, which also functions as a stronghold, a refuge.

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The Compass Rose (1983)
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other title: La rosa de los vientos / 風之玫瑰 …
Exiled Chilean director Patricio Guzmán filmed in Cuba and in Venezuela to create this controversial statement on the creation and survival of Latin American culture from the late-15th century to the present. For some viewers, the film will be superficially symbolic and rhetorical, for others, it will be a strong and personal vision of several centuries of history.

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Salvador Allende (2005)
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other title: 萨尔瓦多·阿连德
On September 11th 1973, Salvador Allende's democratically elected government was ousted by a United States-backed coup that resulted in Allende's death, and left the country in the hands of Augusto Pinochet's military dictatorship for 17 years. It's time to remember Salvador Allende, that unsual man - for historical reasons, certainly, but also for the cruelty surrounding his memory.

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The Battle of Chile: Part 3 (1979)
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other title: 智利之战3 / La batalla de Chile: La lucha de un pueblo sin armas - Tercera parte: El poder popular …
Guzmán’s final installment shifts from covering the actions of Allende’s opponents to those who battled to revive & promote their toppled leader’s vision for a new Chile.

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Chile, the Obstinate Memory (1997)
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other title: 智利不会忘记 / Chile, la memoria obstinada …
After decades of fascist rule in Chile, Patricio Guzman returns to his country to screen his documentary, Battle of Chile, which until the time of the filming was banned by authorities. His audience, a new generation of Chileans who remember little of the revolution and ensuing coup reflect on their experience of watching the film after so many years of suppression.

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The Cordillera of Dreams (2019)
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★ 8.2 11 ratings
other title: 梦之山脉 / La Cordillera de los sueños …
Patricio Guzmán left Chile more than 40 years ago when the military dictatorship took over the democratically-elected government, but he never stopped thinking about a country, a culture, and a place on the map that he never forgot. After covering the North in Nostalgia for the Light and the South in The Pearl Button, his shots get up-close with what he calls “the vast revealing backbone of Chile's past and recent history.” La Cordillera de los sueños is a visual poem, an historical inquiry, a cinematographic essay, and magnificent personal exercise in soul-searching.

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The Battle of Chile: Part 1 (1975)
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★ 9.1 8 ratings
other title: 智利之战1 / La batalla de Chile: La lucha de un pueblo sin armas - Primera parte: La insurreción de la burguesía …
The chronicle of the political tension in Chile in 1973 and of the violent counter revolution against the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende.