Caliche sangriento (1969)
- Directed by
- Helvio Soto Soto
- Genre
- war film
- Country
- Chile
- Runtime
- 2h
- Rating
- 5.9 of 10 from 8 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
The film takes place during the War of the Pacific in the 1870s and 1880s. It follows soldiers fighting over nitrate mines in the Atacama Desert. The story criticizes the brutality and senselessness of war and the division among Latin American peoples.
bleakgrittywar-tornvisceralanti-warslow-burndesolateunsettling
What happens
Caliche sangriento (i.e. Bloody Nitrate) is a Chilean movie of 1969 and the first one directed by Helvio Soto. The plot takes place in 1879 through 1880 during the War of the Pacific, when Chile, Bolivia and Peru fought over control of the sodium nitrate deposits in the Atacama Desert. The film decries the cruelty and absurdity of war and the disunity among the peoples of Latin America. The style of the movie has been compared to that of Western and Spaghetti Western movies. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Thirst (1961)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.