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Chile: A Troublesome Legacy

Chile: A Troublesome Legacy

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 5, 2023

Runtime

1h 31m

Genres

Documentary, History, TV Movie

User Score

90%

Original Title

Chili, par la raison ou par la force

Production Companies

ZED, ARTE, CNC

Director

Paul Le Grouyer

Description

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.