The early years of Pinochet are told from the eyes of an upper middle class woman whose life unravels in this Cannes-selected thriller. Manuela Martelli tells the story of the early years of Chilean ...

To title your film after a year, as actor-turned-filmmaker Manuela Martelli does, is a bold statement. For Chileans, after all, “1976” (renamed “Chile ’76” for North American markets) will conjure up ...

Decades after his death, Alfred Hitchcock’s name is still instinctively used to describe taut political thrillers like Manuela Martelli’s feature debut, Chile ’76. Set 3 years after Augusto Pinochet ...

In her new film, the actor turned director examines the brutality of the Pinochet regime and the oppressive gender politics of the society he ruled. A scene from Chile ’76. (Courtesy of Kino Lorber) ...

A recurring motif swirls through “Chile ’76,” a modest but absorbing debut by Manuela Martelli. The opening scene sets the stage: A prosperous homemaker named Carmen (Aline Küppenheim) is choosing the ...

As a color, pink has been hot for several years now, from the so-called millennial pink of a few years ago to the “Barbie” pink of the upcoming movie. In terms of impact, though, one might never see ...

It’s beneath a specifically rich hue of pink paint that Carmen (Aline Küppenheim), a former nurse from the upper crust of Chilean society, aims to conceal any signs of unrest within her. The horrors ...

A woman is choosing colors in a paint store when there’s a disturbance outside. After some sounds of struggle and another, unseen woman crying out, everything goes silent again. There is an awkward ...

Set during the early days of Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship, Chile '76 builds from quiet character study to gripping suspense thriller as it explores one woman's precarious flirtation with political ...

2 de junio de 2023 10:00 a. m. Coral Gables Art Cinema estrena ‘Chile ‘76’ (2022) una producción entre Chile y Argentina que gira en torno a los primeros días de la dictadura de Augusto Pinochet en ...

Manuela Martelli tells the story of the early years of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet from an unusual perspective: that of an upper middle class woman named Carmen (played by Aline Küppenheim) ...