Underplayed Gems

Secretos (2008)

Secretos poster
Directed by
Valeria Sarmiento
Genre
comedy film
Country
Chile
Runtime
1h 25m
Rating
4.5 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A former leftist militant returns to Chile after decades in exile to confess a secret about a comrade's death. He finds a country that has changed, where old ideologies have faded and even his former allies have moved on. The film follows his mission and the tangled lies and betrayals of the people around him.

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What happens

Secretos es una película chilena del 2008 dirigida por Valeria Sarmiento. Tras largas décadas de exilio, un exmilitante izquierdista vuelve a Chile a saldar cuentas con su conciencia, relacionadas con la muerte de un compañero y héroe político. La tarea de Atalibar (Sergio Hernández) es revelar su secreto. Pero su mirada chocará con el país actual, descreído, lejos de las antiguas ideologías y donde todos -incluso sus viejos colegas- han cambiado. De esta forma se van entrelazando las historias de los personajes, en la cual otras personas esconden secretos que causan algunos enredos y que se van desatando, en donde también se descubren ciertas mentiras. La intención de esta película es mostrar la realidad actual de Chile, en la cual se desarrolla todo entre engaños y traiciones, aunque también hay algunas situaciones que no tendrán ninguna importancia dentro de la película. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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