Synopsis
It’s 1948 and the Cold War has arrived in Chile. In the Congress, prominent Communist Senator and popular poet Pablo Neruda accuses the government of betraying the Party and is stripped of his parliamentary immunity by President González Videla. The Chief of Investigative Police instructs inspector Óscar Peluchonneau to arrest the poet. Neruda tries to escape from the country with his wife, the painter Delia del Carril, but they are forced to go underground.
Key facts
Cast
Gael García Bernal, Luis Gnecco, Mercedes Morán, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba, Diego Muñoz, Alejandro Goic, Pablo Derqui, Marcelo Alonso
Original language
French
First release
August 11, 2016 (Chile)
Setting
Paris
Crew
Screenplay
Guillermo Calderón
Producer
Axel Kuschevatzky, Renan Artukmaç
Cinematography
Sergio Armstrong
Editing
Hervé Schneid
Music
Carlos Cabezas, Federico Jusid
Trailer
Stills
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Festival History
- AFI Fest 2016 generic - World Cinema
- BFI London Film Festival 2016 generic
- Cannes Film Festival 2016 generic
- Telluride Film Festival 2016 generic - Main Program
- Toronto International Film Festival 2016 generic
Releases & classifications
| Theatrical | Chile | August 11, 2016 |
| Theatrical | Spain | September 23, 2016 |
| Theatrical | Brazil | December 15, 2016 |
| Theatrical | United States | December 16, 2016 |
| Theatrical | France | January 4, 2017 |
| Theatrical | United States | January 10, 2017 |
| Theatrical | Greece | February 9, 2017 |
| Theatrical | Germany | February 23, 2017 |
| Theatrical | Portugal | March 9, 2017 |
| Streaming | Austria | March 17, 2017 |
| Theatrical | South Korea | May 25, 2017 |
| Streaming | Japan | November 11, 2017 |
| Theatrical | Denmark | November 23, 2017 |
| Classification | Germany | 12 |
| Classification | United States | R |
Full credits
| Director | Pablo Larraín |
| Cast | Gael García Bernal (Oscar Peluchoneau), Luis Gnecco (Pablo Neruda), Mercedes Morán (Delia del Carril), Emilio Gutiérrez Caba (Picasso), Diego Muñoz (Martínez), Alejandro Goic (Jorge Bellet), Pablo Derqui (Victor Pey), Marcelo Alonso (Pepe Rodríguez), Michael Silva (Álvaro Jara), Francisco Reyes (Bianchi), Jaime Vadell (Jorge Alessandri), Néstor Cantillana, Alfredo Castro (Gabriel González Videla), Marcial Tagle, Amparo Noguera (Drunk Woman), Cristián Campos, Víctor Montero (Rubén Azócar), Héctor Noguera, Luis Vitalino Grandón (Border guard in Argentina), Roberto Farías, Julio Jung, Julio Milostich (Radio Interviewer), Paola Lattus, José Soza (Senator), Ariel Mateluna, Cristián Chaparro, Pablo Schwarz, Luis Dubó, Ximena Rivas, Felipe Ríos, Claudia Vicuña, Francisca Imboden, Trinidad González, Juan Ossa, Álvaro Espinoza, Mario Soto, Daniel Antivilo, Roberto Cayuqueo, Jorge Yáñez, Claudio Arredondo, Nicolás Torres, Heidrun Breier, Nicolás Botinelli, Elsa Poblete, Víctor Hugo Ogaz, Hernán Lacalle, Claudia Cabezas, Josefina Dagorret, Daniel de la Vega, Senén Selim |
| Screenplay | Guillermo Calderón |
| Producer | Axel Kuschevatzky, Renan Artukmaç |
| Executive producer | Mariane Hartard, Rocío Jadue |
| Cinematography | Sergio Armstrong |
| Editing | Hervé Schneid |
| Music | Carlos Cabezas, Federico Jusid |
| Production design | Estefania Larrain |
| Visual effects | Tomas Roca |
| Sound | Miguel Hormazábal |
| Costumes | Muriel Parra |
Additional data: TMDB.
Source: Cinémathèque québécoise, linked catalogue data (CC BY 4.0)
