Enough Praying

Enough Praying 1972

7.20

Many socially-concerned priests in Catholic Latin America have at some time left their parish churches to go and work in the fields and factories of the poor. Such priests, usually adherents of "liberation theology," are called "worker-priests." This Chilean film tells the story of how one man became a "worker-priest" and won the trust of the poor.

1972

A Country Called Chile

A Country Called Chile 1961

1

Interpretation of Chile in pictures, text and music, with special references to the 1960 earthquake.

1961

Chile, el gran desafío

Chile, el gran desafío 1973

1

After providing a pictorial vision of Chile, from north to south, President Salvador Allende's tour of the following countries is recorded: Mexico, Algeria, USSR, USA and Cuba. In each place, scenes of welcoming demonstrations, official acts and typical archive notes are presented.

1973

El afuerino

El afuerino 1971

1

With clear stylistic references to the spaghetti western, the film tells a story set in the Chilean countryside in a bygone era. The script, which tries to offer a folkloric costumbrista picture through an anecdote of love and revenge, is primary and unsubstantial. In many moments the film turns out to be comic when it is supposed to be dramatic and vice versa.

1971

Tierra quemada

Tierra quemada 1968

1

The story, set at the end of the 19th century, revolves around the rivalry between two families of ancient peasant lineage, the Valladares and the evil Vilches who, out of greed and sentimental revenge, try to dispossess the true owners of their land. The Valladares defend theirs, ending the conflict with a melee between the two main rivals. There are duels, fires, chases, kidnappings, betrayals and deaths. There is also a romantic note, the costumbrista landscape, the laughable moment and the folk songs.

1968

Natalia

Natalia 1970

1

A businessman tired of work and his family life decides to escape for a weekend without any given plan. In a gas station he meets Natalia, a girl bored of his father, who is also trying to escape from a conventional existence. Together they get to a little coastal town, where the inevitable happens.

1970