The Battle of Chile
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| Directed by | Patricio Guzmán |
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| Produced by | Patricio Guzmán |
| Narrated by | Abilio Fernández |
| Cinematography | Jorge Müller Silva |
| Edited by | Pedro Chaskel |
Production company | Equipe Tercer Ano |
Running time | 263 minutes |
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| Language | Spanish |
The Battle of Chile: The Struggle of an Unarmed People (Spanish: La batalla de Chile: La lucha de un pueblo sin armas) is a Chilean-Cuban documentary film trilogy directed by Chilean filmmaker Patricio Guzmán, in three parts: The Insurrection of the Bourgeoisie (La insurrección de la burguesía, 1975), The Coup d'État (El golpe de estado, 1976), and Popular Power (El poder popular, 1979).
A chronicle of the political tension in Chile between 1972 and 1973 and of the military coup against the government of Salvador Allende, it won the Grand Prix in 1975 and 1976 at the Grenoble International Film Festival. The American film magazine Cineaste named it one of the ten best political films in the world. The trilogy was screened commercially in 35 countries and won six grand prizes in Europe and Latin America.
In 1997, Chile, Obstinate Memory was released and followed Guzmán back to Chile as he screened the three-part documentary to Chileans who had never seen it before.