Kill Pinochet
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Spanish | Matar a Pinochet |
Directed by | Juan Ignacio Sabatini |
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Language | Spanish |
Kill Pinochet (Spanish: Matar a Pinochet, known early in the production stage as Los fusileros) is a 2020 thriller film directed by Juan Ignacio Sabatini. It is a Chilean-Argentine-Spanish co-production. The film is based on the attempted assassination of Augusto Pinochet that occurred in September 1986.
Plot[]
The plot concerns the development by members of Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front of the plan to kill Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet in Cajón del Maipo in 1986 (the so-called 'Operación Siglo XX').[1][2]
Cast[]
- Daniela Ramírez as Tamara.[3]
- [3] as Ramiro.
- Juan Martín Gravina as Victoriano.[3]
- [3] as Sacha.
- Julieta Zylberberg as Silvia.[3]
- [3] as Ernesto.
- [4]
- Luis Gnecco[4]
- Alejandro Goic[4]
Production[]
Kill Pinochet is [5][6] He penned the screenplay alongside Enrique Videla and Pablo Paredes.[4] A joint Chile–Argentina–Spain international co-production, Kill Pinochet was produced by Villano alongside DDRio Estudio, Leyenda Cine, Potenza Producciones and Fusileros la película AIE, in association with Primate Lab and with support from Fondo de Fomento Audiovisual, CORFO, INCAA, ICAA and Ibermedia.[4] Shooting locations included Santiago and Valparaíso.[7]
debut as a director of a fiction feature film.Release[]
In the wake of the health situation of Chile caused by the COVID-19 pandemic,[1] the film had an online pre-screening at the streaming platform Punto Play on 12 November 2020, with a streaming window at Punto Ticket scheduled to last until 6 December 2020.[8][9] It also screened at the 46th Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival on 14 November 2020,[5] and it was theatrically released in Spain on 20 November 2020.[10]
Awards and nominations[]
Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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2021 | 8th Platino Awards | Best Ibero-American Debut Film | Nominated | [11] | |
29th EnergaCamerimage Film Festival | Director's Debut Competition | Nominated | [12][13] |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b Cádiz, Pablo (19 November 2020). "'Matar a Pinochet': el atentado al dictador contado por la generación que acabó con su legado". El País.
- ^ Meza, Ed. "Troubled Times Play Out in Teutonic Slate at AFM". Variety.
- ^ a b c d e f "Matar a Pinochet" (PDF). Cines Renoir. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "'Matar a Pinochet' – estreno en cines 20 de noviembre". Audiovisual451. 19 November 2020.
- ^ a b "Llega a Huelva 'Matar a Pinochet', cinta sobre "herida abierta" de dictadura". La Vanguardia. 14 November 2020.
- ^ Marín, Pablo (8 November 2020). "Juan Ignacio Sabatini: "Quise retratar el Chile violentado". La Tercera.
- ^ Valdivia, Gonzalo (7 April 2019). "Los Fusileros: cómo se filmó la ambiciosa película sobre los autores del atentado a Pinochet". La Tercera.
- ^ Zambrano Aguilera, Tania (3 December 2020). "Matar a Pinochet | Review: cuando la rebeldía es la única opción". Te invito al cine.
- ^ Oliveros, Tatiana (12 November 2020). "Director de "Matar a Pinochet": "el tema polariza, pero esto es una invitación a ver la película y conversar sobre el tema"". El Mostrador.
- ^ Estrada, Javier (20 November 2020). "Mank, la gran favorita de los Oscar, y los otros 12 estrenos de la semana". Metrópoli – via El Mundo.
- ^ Valdenegro, Fernanda (3 October 2021). "Destacan "El Agente Topo" y Alfredo Castro: Revisa el listado de los ganadores de los Premio Platino 2021". En Cancha.
- ^ Tabbara, Mona (21 October 2021). "'Titane', 'Passing' and 'A Cop Movie' among Camerimage 2021 nominees". Screendaily.
- ^ Gobrar, Matt (20 November 2020). "'C'mon C'mon' Takes Golden Frog And Audience Award At Camerimage — Complete Winners List". Deadline.com.
External links[]
- Kill Pinochet at ICAA's Catálogo de Cinespañol
- 2020 films
- Spanish-language films
- Chilean drama films
- Argentine drama films
- Spanish drama films
- Chilean thriller films
- Argentine thriller films
- Spanish thriller films
- Films set in Chile
- Films set in 1986
- Films about the Chilean military dictatorship