Chile: A Troublesome Legacy (2023)

Plot Summary

The rejection of the project for a new, more socially just constitution by the Chilean people in 2022 has reignited the conflicts that have plagued the country for five decades. On September 11, 1973, in a bloody military coup, General Pinochet ended the socialist revolution launched by President Salvador Allende, legitimately elected in a democratic election. The subsequent dictatorial regime with fascist features brought great violence and terror to the Chilean people. The accompanying neo-liberal economic system, which made the country one of the richest in the region, led to an ever-widening social gap in society, which in turn fell into a kind of passivity. In 2019, long after the dictator was voted out of office and the democratization that followed, a new social movement is shaking the prevailing order. From Allende's socialism to Pinochet's fascism, this historical fresco in documentary form returns to the origins of the rupture.

Full Cast & Characters

Éric Caravaca

Self - Narrator (voice)

Luz Acre

Self - Interviewee

Michelle Bachelet

Self - Interviewee

Alberto Cardemil

Self - Interviewee

Enrique Correa

Self - Interviewee

Mario Desbordes

Self - Interviewee

Gaspar Dominguez

Self - Interviewee

Oscar Guillermo Garretón

Self - Interviewee

Giovanna Grandón

Self - Interviewee

Fernando Guzmán

Self - Interviewee

Giorgio Jackson

Self - Interviewee

Milton Juica

Self - Interviewee

Director & Crew

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