One of the very few Chilean exile films made in the Netherlands – at the now closed Vrije Academie-Psychopolis in The Hague. Three actors sit side-by-side facing the camera and laugh. Sometimes, the camera zooms in on a single face, the overall effect is disquieting, bordering on scary.
– Olaf Möller
Also in this combined programme
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En un lugar no muy lejano
Made during a period in-between, the Chilean condition of exile is described in pan-Latin American terms.
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Night of the Captain
Whilst on leave in England, an Argentinian captain’s outlook on life and politics is changed.
Film details
- Country of production
- Chile
- Year
- 1978
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2024
- Length
- 4"
- Medium/Format
- Digital
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