Director:
Miguel LittinGuión:
Miguel LittinCámara:
Jorge Stahl Jr.Música:
Mikis TheodorakisReparto:
Gian Maria Volonté, Diana Bracho, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Patricia Reyes Spíndola, Gabriel Retes, Armando Acosta, Alejandro Parodi, Federico González (más)Sinopsis(1)
Después del levantamiento minero sucedido en Marusia (Chile-1907), y el hallazgo del cadáver de un capataz de la mina inglesa Marusia Mining Co. -asesinado por un obrero-; se provoca el enfrentamiento entre patrones y empleados, y se desata una campaña de intimidación contra los mineros que se organizan para defender sus derechos. Ante la fortaleza del movimiento, la empresa pide la intervención del ejército; con lo que se origina una despiadada persecución que ha de servir como ejemplo para el resto del movimiento obrero. Aunque la represión logra debilitar el movimiento, uno de los líderes se encarga de difundir la lucha a otros sectores. (Pelimex)
(más)Reseñas (2)
A brutally precise post-sorella film for Latin America that somewhat misses every box in which the viewer would automatically want to put it, and it is precisely this missing that leads to its greatness. It just needs a few short speeches of self-confusing introspection of the main character and a few scenes whose musical motif and overtly parodied filming undermine the seriousness of the situation, and the blocks of capitalist slave masters, carved by workers, take on a completely different meaning than the precise fulfillment of their function in the historical drama of a class on the path to realization. Paradoxically, the author didn't add anything to the characters' false chimera of psychological depth (which none of us have ever had), but still remains at a higher level, albeit still just a "mere" function, allowing them to perish in the hundreds in the audiovisual dramatization of the choreography of the idea of execution and brutal injustice, reminiscent of works of this type by Miklos Jancso.
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Historical drama that managed to perfectly capture both the time period and the Chilean nature. Moreover, at times you feel like it is a bit reminiscent of a western, even though it is actually an attempt to portray a challenging period in Chilean history. This was successfully achieved and the shelling of the village still sounds as terrifying today as it should.
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