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Chile '76

1976

2022

Manuela Martelli

Aline Küppenheim, Nicolás Sepúlveda, Hugo Medina, Alejandro Goic ...

6.5

1,484

Drama The story takes place in 1976 in Chile during the dictatorship of Pinochet. A doctor's wife (Aline Kuppenheim) is drawn into sheltering a political agitator during the time of Chile's dictatorship. Carmen is persuaded by her friend, Padre Sanchez (Hugo Medina), to help care for the wounded fugitive -- a gesture of Christian charity rather than political solidarity. But it's a big step, and it leads her down a dangerous path.

	Media	Author	Review
		Allan Hunter Screendaily	"The blend of character study, Hitchcockian intrigue and an excellent central performance from Aline Kuppenheim makes for a tensely involving tale with strong arthouse potential"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"'1976' is made with thrilling assurance, and the tension and Carmen's spiritual crisis are superbly conveyed. It's a great example of Chilean antifascist noir (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Jaime Grijalba Gomez The Film Stage	"'Chile '76' marks a strong debut and confirmation of Martelli's strengths as an artist"
		Trevor Johnston Radio Times	"At times playing out like a suspense thriller, the film builds to a memorably rousing climax (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Glenn Kenny rogerebert.com	"There’s subtlety, and then there’s deliberate evasion. In pursuing the former, 'Chile ‘76' only achieves the latter (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"
		Wendy Ide The Guardian	"Küppenheim is terrific, her precision and restraint in the role drawing us into the story (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Manuel Betancourt Variety	"A thrillingly intimate take on the Pinochet regime’s reign of terror"
		Andy Crump Paste Magazine	"The first appropriate qualifier for 'Chile ’76' that anyone should reach for is 'urgent'"
		William Repass Slant	"It may be a period drama but, in its depiction of how mutually exacerbating paranoias distort the collective psyche, it bears a none-too-comfy relevance to our own uneasy time (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Kyle Smith The Wall Street Journal	"The devastating opening of '1976' isn't quite matched by anything that follows it in the film, but Aline Küppenheim gives a powerful performance"
		David Ehrlich IndieWire	"Aline Kuppenheim is excellent in a film that leverages its genre into an unnervingly timeless study of authoritarianism"
		Carlos Aguilar Los Angeles Times	"Concise, yet affecting, '1976' assuredly occupies the post as one of the finest Latin American productions to open stateside this year"
		Anthony Lane The New Yorker	"It's a hell of a performance from Küppenheim as the heroine, precisely because she demonstrates how hard it is to be heroic"
		Teo Bugbee The New York Times	"Martelli's film demonstrates remarkable skill in reconstructing he time period, giving consideration both to recreating the appearance of the era and its emotional tenor"
		Ann Hornaday The Washington Post	"From portrait of privilege to taut political thriller (...) tightly coiled drama (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"

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