Cinema of Chile
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The cinema of Chile
began when the earliest films were made there in the first decade of the twentieth century. Nevertheless, it was not until the 1970s when the cinematic culture there developed, with the foundation of a national cinema and a department of experimental film at the University of Chile, which taught the Dutch film of Joris Ivens
. The production of films was minimal until 1967, when the moderate government of Eduardo Frei
began to offer economic support for the industry. During this period directors such as Raúl Ruiz, Aldo Francia and Helvio Soto appeared. The majority of the young directors were inspired by the Unidad Popular of Salvador Allende
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Alejandro Jodorowsky
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
began when the earliest films were made there in the first decade of the twentieth century. Nevertheless, it was not until the 1970s when the cinematic culture there developed, with the foundation of a national cinema and a department of experimental film at the University of Chile, which taught the Dutch film of Joris Ivens
Joris Ivens
Joris Ivens was a Dutch documentary filmmaker and committed communist.-Early life and career:...
. The production of films was minimal until 1967, when the moderate government of Eduardo Frei
Eduardo Frei
Eduardo Frei may refer to either of two presidents of Chile:*Eduardo Frei Montalva , Chilean political figure and president of Chile from 1964 to 1970...
began to offer economic support for the industry. During this period directors such as Raúl Ruiz, Aldo Francia and Helvio Soto appeared. The majority of the young directors were inspired by the Unidad Popular of Salvador Allende
Salvador Allende
Salvador Allende Gossens was a Chilean physician and politician who is generally considered the first democratically elected Marxist to become president of a country in Latin America....
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List of principal directors
- Pedro SiennaPedro SiennaPedro Sienna was a Chilean playwright, poet, journalist, art critic and theatre and movie actor who is also remembered as one of his country's pioneering directors in the early years of silent film....
- Carlos Borcosque
- José BohrJosé BohrJosé Bohr was a Chilean film director, producer, actor and screenwriter. He directed 35 films between 1919 and 1969.-External links:...
- Jorge Délano
- Miguel FrankMiguel FrankMiguel Frank was a Chilean writer, dramatist and lawyer....
- Aldo Francia
- Patricio Kaulen
- Pedro Chaskel
- Sergio BravoSergio BravoSergio Bravo is a Mexican football defender who played for Mexico in the 1954 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Club León.-External links:*...
- Miguel LittinMiguel LittinMiguel Ernesto Littín Cucumides is a Chilean film director, screenwriter, film producer and novelist. He was born to a Palestinian father, Hernán Littin and a Greek mother, Cristina Cucumides....
- Raúl Ruiz
- Pablo Perelmann
- Silvio Caiozzi
- Gonzalo Justiniano
- Tatiana Gaviola
- Juan Carlos Bustamante
- Ignacio Aliaga
- Sergio Castilla
- Andrés Wood
- León ErrázurizLeón ErrázurizLeón Errázuriz is a filmmaker now based in Los Angeles, USA.He is earned a degree in Economics at the Catholic University of Chile 1991, and also studied for a few years at the Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos of the UNAM Mexican film school...
- Cristian Galaz
- Boris Quercia
- Jorge OlguínJorge Olguín (director)Jorge Olguín is a young Chilean director, a pioneer of the fantasy genre in Chile. He has made two films and the 2008 premiere a co-production Chilean-American "Descendents" title for Latin America as "Solos"...
- Matías Bize
- Nicolás LópezNicolás LópezNicolás Federico López Alonso is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club A.S. Roma.-Playing career:...
- Sebastián Campos
- Carmen Luz Parot
- Germán Liñero
- Sergio Gándara
- Pablo Lavín
- Jorge López Sotomayor
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Some well-known actresses
- Catalina SaavedraCatalina SaavedraCatalina Saavedra Pérez is a Chilean film, stage and television actress. She is better known to international audiences as the title character in the 2009 film The Maid, for which she received several awards and nominations.-Career:...
- Tamara Acosta
- Malú Gatica
- Manuela MartelliManuela MartelliManuela Abril Martelli Salamovich is a film and television actress best known for her roles in the films B-Happy and Machuca....
- Gloria MünchmeyerGloria MünchmeyerGloria Münchmeyer is a Chilean television, film and theatre actress, known for her roles in some telenovelas like La Madrastra, Marrón Glacé, and others...
- Leonor VarelaLeonor VarelaLeonor Varela Palma is a Chilean actress, and model. She played the character Cleopatra in the 1999 film Cleopatra...
- Antonella RiosAntonella RíosAntonella Ríos Mascetti is a Chilean television and film actress. Her best known roles were Mariana in the telenovela "Brujas" and Gracia in the film "Los Debutantes".-Telenovelas:* Machos - Yoly Mondaca...
Fiction films
- 1925 * El Húsar de la muerte (Hussar of the Dead, 1925)
- 1949 * Música en tu corazón (1946)
- 1949 * Río abajo (1949)
- 1955 * El Gran Circo Chamorro (1955)
- 1969 * Caliche sangriento (1969)
- 1969 * Largo viaje (1969)
- 1970 * El Chacal de Nahueltoro (1970)
- 1973 * Palomita Blanca (1973)
- 1974 * A la sombra del Sol (1974)
- 1979 * Julio comienza en julio (1979)
- 1990 * Caluga o menta (1990)
- 1990 * La Luna en el espejo (1990)
- 1993 * Johnny 100 pesos (1993)
- 1997 * Historias de fútbol (1997)
- 1998 * Gringuito (1998)
- 1999 * El Chacotero Sentimental (1999)
- 1999 * Tuve un sueño contigo (1999)
- 2000 * Ángel Negro (2000)
- 2000 * Bastardos en el Paraíso (2000)
- 2000 * Campo minado (2000)
- 2000 * Dos hermanos: En un lugar de la noche (2000)
- 2000 * Tierra del FuegoTierra del fuego (film)Tierra del fuego is a 2000 Chilean drama film directed by Miguel Littín. It is about the conquest of Tierra del Fuego by Julius Popper. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:...
(2000) - 2001 * Antonia (2001)
- 2001 * La fiebre del locoLa Fiebre del LocoLa Fiebre del Loco is a 2001 Chilean comedy.-Plot:The film is about infighting between visiting prostitutes and their husbands' wives in a small fishing village in rural Southern Chile that has become greedy and crazy for Abalone. In Spanish the word loco has the dual meaning of Chilean Abalone...
(2001) - 2001 * Negocio redondo (2001)
- 2001 * Paraíso B (2001)
- 2001 * Taxi para tres (A Cab for Three, 2001)
- 2001 * Te amo (Made in Chile) (2001)
- 2002 * El Leyton (2002)
- 2002 * Ogú y Mampato en Rapa Nui (2002)
- 2002 * Sangre eterna (2002)
- 2002 * Sexo con amorSexo con AmorSexo con Amor is a 2003 Chilean comedy film about sex and relationships. The film was directed by Boris Quercia, who also wrote the screenplay and even played a role in the film.- Plot :...
(2002) - 2003 * B-Happy (2003)
- 2003 * Coronación (Coronation, 2003)
- 2003 * Los DebutantesLos DebutantesLos Debutantes is a 2003 Chilean film directed by Andres Waissbluth and starring Antonella Rios and Alejandro Trejo. It tells the story of two brothers from a small town, played by Nestor Castillana and Juan Pablo Miranda, who move to Santiago and visit a nightclub to celebrate the younger...
(2003) - 2003 * Sábado, una película en tiempo real (2003)
- 2003 * Sub-Terra (2003)
- 2004 * Cachimba (2004)
- 2004 * MachucaMachucaMachuca is a 2004 Chilean film written and directed by Andrés Wood. Set in 1973 Santiago during Salvador Allende's socialist government and shortly before General Augusto Pinochet's military coup in 1973, the film tells the story of two friends, one of them the very poor Pedro Machuca who is...
(2004) - 2004 * Mala lecheMala lecheMala leche is a fresh view of the Santiago that does not appear in postals cards. It is a very realistic and rough story of two young delinquents friends that debut by assignment of a Dealer in a drug deal. Things came complicated and they lost the money and the drugs. So they have to recover the...
(2004) - 2004 * Promedio rojo (2004)
- 2004 * Y las vacas vuelan (2004)
- 2005 * Días de campo (2005)
- 2005 * El Baño (2005)
- 2005 * En la camaEn la camaEn la cama is a 2005 Chilean film directed by Matías Bize and starring Blanca Lewin and Gonzalo Valenzuela. The movie is filmed entirely in a motel room, where two young singles, Bruno and Daniela, end up after meeting at a party in Santiago. A simple one-night stand turns into a passionate night...
(2005) - 2005 * El roto, perjudícame cariño (2005)
- 2005 * Mi mejor enemigo (My Best Enemy, 2005)
- 2005 * Paréntesis (2005)
- 2005 * Play (2005)
- 2005 * Se arriendaSe arriendaSe Arrienda is a 2005 Chilean film directed by Alberto Fuguet and starring Luciano Cruz-Coke. The film follows the fictional life of Gastón Fernández, a composer in his thirties who has achieved little career success since composing the score to a B movie during his time as a student....
(2005) - 2005 * Tamara y las Naranjitas (2005)
- 2006 * El Rey de los Huevones (2006)
- 2006 * Fobias: La maldicion de Nicto (2006)
- 2006 * Fuga (2006)
- 2006 * KiltroKiltroKiltro is a Chilean martial arts film released in 2006. Directed and written by Ernesto Díaz Espinoza and starring the martial artist Marko Zaror.-Name:...
(2006) - 2006 * La Sagrada Familia (2006)
- 2006 * LímiteLimite (film)Limite is a film by Brazilian director and writer Mario Peixoto , filmed in 1930 and first screened in 1931.Sometimes cited as the greatest of all Brazilian films, this 120-minute silent experimental feature by novelist Peixoto, who never completed another film, was seen by Orson Welles and won the...
(2006) - 2009 * La Nana (The MaidThe MaidThe Maid is a 2005 Singaporean horror film telling of a maid recently arriving from the Philippines. She has to acclimate herself to the customs of the Chinese Ghost Month, during which she struggles with supernatural forces...
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Documentaries
- Allende (2004)
- Cien niños esperando un tren (1988)
- En la cuerda floja (2001)
- Estadio Nacional (2001)
- La batalla de Chile (1979)
- Mi hermano y yo (2002)
General
El cine chileno en sus libros. Breve panorama histórico (aperçu historique par David Vásquez, de l'Université Diego Portales de Santiago) Cinemateca virtual de Chile (site du Conseil national de la culture et des arts) « Le cinéma chilien : un pari sur le hasard » (article d'Alicia Vega, 13ème Festival des 3 continents, novembre 1991)Magazines
- Mabuse
- Voraz (magazine of the school of cinema of Chile)
- La Fuga
- Fuera de Campo
- Analízame
- Racontto
- Civil Cinema
- Bifurcaciones (magazine of urban cultural studies)
Production companies
- Maria Films (film and television)
- Roos Film (film and television)
- Sobras (film and online magazine)
- Risas & Risas (film and television)
Analyses
Interview d'Alicia Scherson, director of Play (Ricardo Greene, "Conversación con Alicia Scherson: La ciudad y las alcachofas," Bifurcaciones no. 4, Spring 2005, ISSN 0718-1132)- This article is based on a translation of the corresponding article in the French WikipediaFrench WikipediaThe French Wikipedia is the French language edition of Wikipedia, spelt Wikipédia. This edition was started in March 2001, and has about articles as of , making it the third-largest Wikipedia overall, after the English-language and German-language editions...
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