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Salvador Allende
September 8 2004 (over 20 years ago)Rating
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A leftist revolutionary or a reformist democrat?
- Director: Patricio Guzmán
- Writer: Patricio Guzmán
- Genre: Documentary
- Runtime: 1 h 40 m
- Countries: Belgium, Chile, France, Germany, Mexico, Spain
- Companies: JBA Production, Les Films de la Passerelle, CV Films, Mediapro, Universidad de Guadalajara
A leftist revolutionary or a reformist democrat? A committed Marxist or a constitutionalist politician? An ethical and moral man or, as Richard Nixon called him, a "son of a bitch"? In SALVADOR ALLENDE, acclaimed Chilean filmmaker Patricio Guzmán (The Battle of Chile and Chile, Obstinate Memory) returns to his native country thirty years after the 1973 military coup that overthrew Chile's Popular Unity government to examine the life of its leader, Salvador Allende, both as a politician and a man.