Film at Lincoln Center, in partnership with Distrib Films, is pleased to be the exclusive NYC venue to open Nanni Moretti’s riveting documentary Santiago, Italia in our Virtual Cinema this Friday, April 10. This popular 57th New York Film Festival selection explores the 1973 Augusto Pinochet-led coup d’état in Chile and the final days of Salvador Allende’s democratic government. The New Yorker‘s Richard Brody said, “The film tells a historical story with personal passion and grand drama… Moretti crafts this fiercely earnest documentary with a frank simplicity that feels remarkably original.”
In the early seventies, the world was watching as Chile democratically elected Socialist leader Salvador Allende. His political ideals and aspirations—among them providing education for all children and distributing land to the nation’s workers—terrified the country’s right-wing, as well as the U.S., who helped orchestrate a military coup that replaced him with dictator Augusto Pinochet. This tragic history has been well documented, but Italian director Nanni Moretti (Caro Diario, Ecce Bombo) adds an angle many viewers may not know about: the efforts of the Italian Embassy to save and relocate citizens targeted by the fascist regime. Told through the testimonies of those who were there, Santiago, Italia is a chilling depiction of living under junta rule and an ultimately inspiring expression of hope amidst dire circumstances.
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