¡Qué hacer! (1970)

Directed by

Saul Landau, Nina Serrano, Raúl Ruiz

Genre

drama film

Country

Chile

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During the 1970 Chilean presidential election, a group of people navigate political tensions and personal relationships. The film was made with improvised dialogue and follows the characters as they debate and react to the changing social climate.

politically chargedimprovisationalrawobservationalgroundedconversationalunpolishedintellectual

What happens

¡Qué hacer! is a 1972 Chilean-American drama film directed by Raúl Ruiz, Nina Serrano, and Saul Landau. According to co-director Nina Serrano, "The formal script in the first draft was written by Saul Landau, Raul Ruiz, and Jim Becket. But as the film was somewhat improvised, the actors and I also added or molded the script as the filming went along." It was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section of the 1972 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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