Machuca

Machuca 2004

7.80

Santiago, capital of Chile during the Marxist government of elected, highly controversial president Salvador Allende. Father McEnroe supports his leftist views by introducing a program at the prestigious "collegio" (Catholic prep school) St. Patrick to allow free admission of some proletarian kids. One of them is Pedro Machuca, slum-raised son of the cleaning lady in Gonzalo Infante's liberal-bourgeois home. Yet the new classmates become buddies, paradoxically protesting together as Gonzalo gets adopted by Pedro's slum family and gang. But the adults spoil that too, not in the least when general Pinochet's coup ousts Allende, and supporters such as McEnroe.

2004

The Painting Lesson

The Painting Lesson 2012

5.70

In Chile, during the 60´s, the son of a poor single teenage girl turns out to be a gifted painter. The man to discover his talent is the owner of the drugstore that lies in the outskirts of the small rural town, next to the railroad. He himself is an amateur painter who will try to make the boy into a great artist, like all the ones in his art books. From the pharmacists point of view in his old age, unfolds the story of this young boy who could have become a great art genius, had he not disappeared at the age of 13, along with all his works, on September 11th 1973, the day of the coupe d´état.

2012

El Derechazo

El Derechazo 2013

2.50

When Bruno, a filmmaker overwhelmed by alimony, receives an ultimatum from his editor to find a subject that help them with ratings, a political candidate appears.

2013

Chile '76

Chile '76 2022

7.20

Chile, 1976. Carmen heads off to her beach house. When the family priest asks her to take care of a young man he is sheltering in secret, Carmen steps onto unexplored territories, away from the quiet life she is used to.

2022

Absence

Absence 2014

6.57

Serginho has a hard time finding his place in the world as he works with his uncle at the market, supports his depressed mother, and takes care of his little brother.

2014

Spider

Spider 2019

6.90

Three friends are part of a fascist opposition group in the chaotic Chile of the early 70's and together commit a political crime that changes the history of the country and incidentally involves them in a betrayal that separates them forever.

2019

El bonaerense

El bonaerense 2002

6.50

Zapa is a locksmith in a quiet and little town lost somewhere in the province of Buenos Aires. After getting involved in a crime, his uncle, a retired policeman, bails him out and sends him to Buenos Aires city so he can become an aspiring police officer. Soon he will get involved in a new type of corruption.

2002

Loco Fever

Loco Fever 2001

6.10

When the Chilean officials lift the ban on harvesting the shellfish "el loco" (which purportedly is an aphrodisiac) in the seaside village of Puerto Gala greed and lust take hold. Greed is embodied by Carlos Maldonato, "El Canuto," who attempts to buy all of the shellfish for a Japanese company, and by a traveling band of prostitutes that accompany the influx of fishermen. El Canuto also wrangles to get into good stead with an old flame, Sonia, who is now the proprietor of "La Pincoya," a local restaurant. But "el loco" proves more effective, and more damaging, than anyone could have guessed.

2001

The Meltdown

The Meltdown 1970

1

1992, Chile. Inés (11) parents are away on business and she is left in the care of her grandparents, who own a hotel at the foot of a ski resort. Inés befriends Hanna (16), a European skier who has come to train in Chile. One night, Hanna disappears. The process of her search will unveil a series of hidden situations.

1970

Vicente Ruiz: A tiempo real

Vicente Ruiz: A tiempo real 2022

1

It traces the work of Vicente Ruiz and his creative process, the emotional impulses behind his work and the constant search for change. With archival footage and testimonies, the documentary explores the social role of art through one of the leading figures of Chilean counterculture in the 1980s.

2022

Madwomen

Madwomen 2011

7.00

Documentary about the Chilean poet and Nobel Prize, Gabriela Mistral, and her relationship with the American Doris Dana. Gabriela meets Doris when she thinks she cannot overcome the biggest tragedy of her life: the suicide of her only son. Doris, realizing that her partner will be gone soon, records the conversations with her in their Long Island house. These recordings will be the access to the affective universe of a woman who lives in permanent tension with her inner demons and whose sensitivity and ambition make her the protagonist of her time.

2011

The General's Daughter

The General's Daughter 2006

1

The film tells the story of the life of Michelle Bachelet and her surprising journey along the road to the presidency of Chile.

2006

A Horse Named Elephant

A Horse Named Elephant 2016

4.20

Two brothers sneak into a circus in order to free their grandfather's horse and fulfill his last wish.

2016

Los Jaivas: Todos juntos

Los Jaivas: Todos juntos 2020

2.00

Los Jaivas are the most important rock band in the history of Chile. 55 years of music and friendship. Memories emerge note by note, song after song, tour after tour. An intimate portrait of their musical life where for the first time they share their archives that have been accumulated for years on the shelves of a small apartment in Santiago.

2020

Bombal

Bombal 2012

4.40

María Luisa Bombal is an underground writer in the early twenties trying to reconcile her passionate and very sexual lifestyle with her life as a socialite among Santiago's very conservative elite.

2012

Roberto Bolaño: La batalla futura

Roberto Bolaño: La batalla futura 2016

6.80

A look at the renowned writer Roberto Bolaño, and the turmoil caused by his strange relationship with Chile, his homeland. We approach the writer through his friends, his irony and his genius, traveling across Mexico, Spain and Chile.

2016

Los Jetas: La revolución es interior

Los Jetas: La revolución es interior 2014

3.00

Tommy and Manu are two thirty-something hustlers who sell audiovisual projects to major brands. They try to make as much money as possible with little work. They're on the road for their latest venture in Northen Chile which may very well be a dead end.

2014

Amereida, sólo las huellas descubren el mar

Amereida, sólo las huellas descubren el mar 2017

1

A poetic journey from Tierra del Fuego to Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, made by nine Latin American and European poets, artists and architects in 1965. Recostructing the events that made this unique experience of art and life possible, as well its consequences, like the foundation of the vanguardist school of architecture of Valparaíso University and the building of an “Open City” in the sands of the Chilean Pacific Ocean.

2017

Las cosas como son

Las cosas como son 2012

6.00

Jerónimo is an antisocial local man who rents rooms in his home to expats so he can snoop around their belongings. One day Sanna arrives, a girl who will change Jerónimo’s life. They start getting closer until Jerónimo discovers that Sanna is hiding something in his house.

2012