Chile: A Troublesome Legacy (movie)
Chili, par la raison ou par la force- User score: 9
- Production country: France
- Producer: Paul Le Grouyer
- Production companies: ZED, ARTE, CNC
- Genre: Documentary, History, TV Movie
- Release date: 9/5/2023
- Run time: 91 min.
Movie description
The rejection of the project for a new, more socially just constitution by the Chilean people in 2022 has reignited the conflicts that have plagued the country for five decades. On September 11, 1973, in a bloody military coup, General Pinochet ended the socialist revolution launched by President Salvador Allende, legitimately elected in a democratic election. The subsequent dictatorial regime with fascist features brought great violence and terror to the Chilean people. The accompanying neo-liberal economic system, which made the country one of the richest in the region, led to an ever-widening social gap in society, which in turn fell into a kind of passivity. In 2019, long after the dictator was voted out of office and the democratization that followed, a new social movement is shaking the prevailing order. From Allende's socialism to Pinochet's fascism, this historical fresco in documentary form returns to the origins of the rupture.
