Chile, the Obstinate Memory (1997)

Original title

Chile: la memoria obstinada

Directed by

Patricio Guzmán

Genre

documentary film

Country

Chile

Runtime

59 min

Rated

G

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 14 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Patricio Guzmán returns to Chile after years abroad to screen his earlier film The Battle of Chile for local audiences. The documentary shows people reacting to the images of their country's past.

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What happens

Chile, Obstinate Memory (Spanish: Chile, la memoria obstinada) is a documentary film, directed by Patricio Guzmán and released in 1997. The film profiles Guzmán's trip back to Chile, after years living and working outside the country, to screen his landmark documentary The Battle of Chile in the country for the first time. The film premiered at the 1997 Montreal World Film Festival. It was later screened at the 1997 Toronto International Film Festival, the 1998 Sundance Film Festival, and the 1998 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, before being broadcast on television as an episode of the documentary series The Passionate Eye in September 1998. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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