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Socialist Realism

Year
2023
Country
Chile
Duration
78’
Directors
Raúl Ruiz, Valeria Sarmiento
The film is an ensemble in which different worlds are chained together: on the one hand, the world of the workers and the 'lumpen' — led by the character Lucho — and on the other, that of a group of intellectuals who support the Popular Unity administration and are grouped together as a poetic front, more representative of the petit bourgeoisie. At a certain moment, these characters intersect in an apparent friendship that ends in violence-packed scenes, thus producing a satirical reading of the time.
CREW:
Director: Raúl Ruiz, Valeria Sarmiento
Producer: Raúl Ruiz, Chamila Rodríguez
Cinematographer: Jorge Müller
Sound: José De la Vega, Jorge Arriagada
Production
Chamila Rodríguez
Sales:
Enrique León, [email protected], Chamila Rodríguez, [email protected]
Director
Raúl Ruiz
Raúl Ruiz is Chile’s most internationally recognized filmmaker. Directed 120+ films, awarded the Golden Leopard at Locarno, Silver Bear at Berlinale, Silver Shell at San Sebastian, and the Louis Delluc Award, among others. In 1997, Chile granted him the National Prize for Representation and Audiovisual Arts, and in 2016, the Cinémathèque Française in Paris presented an 80-film retrospective of his work.
Selected Filmography
Socialist Realism (1973-2023), The Tango of the Widower and its Distorting Mirror (1967-2020), The Wandering Soap Opera (1990-2017)Mysteries of Lisbon (2010), Genealogy of a Crime (1997), Three Sad Tigers (1969)
Director
Valeria Sarmiento
Valeria Sarmiento is a director of 30+ films that stand out for addressing the situation of women in a patriarchal culture, revindicating their perspective of historical events. Awarded at San Sebastián (Best New Director), preselected to represent Portugal at the Oscars, and nominated for the Golden Bear (Berlinale) and Golden Lion (Venice). Also editor of dozens of films, including more than 80 by Raul Ruiz.
Selected Filmography
Lines of Wellington (2013), Amelia Lópes O'Neill (1991), Notre Mariage (1984), Socialist Realism (1973-2023), The Tango of the Widower and its Distorting Mirror (1967-2020), The Wandering Soap Opera (1990-2017)
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When the Clouds Hide the Shadow
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When the Clouds Hide the Shadow
Year
2024
Country
Chile, Argentina
Director
José Luis Torres Leiva
Duration
70’
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Malqueridas
CHILEAN VISIONS: FIDOCS FOCUS
Malqueridas
Year
2023
Country
Chile, Germany
Director
Tana Gilbert
Duration
75’
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Pirópolis
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Pirópolis
Year
2024
Country
Chile
Director
Nicolás Molina
Duration
73'20'’
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An Oscillating Shadow
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An Oscillating Shadow
Year
2024
Country
Chile, Argentina, France
Director
Celeste Rojas Mugica
Duration
77’
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