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      Salvador Allende

      Released Sep 8, 2006 1h 44m Documentary List
      85% Tomatometer 13 Reviews 84% Audience Score 500+ Ratings Filmmaker Patricio Guzmán chronicles the life and legacy of the late Chilean president. Read More Read Less

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      V.A. Musetto New York Post [Director] Guzman's film is filled with revelations that will disturb many, including U.S. involvement in the coup. If only Guzman had been more innovative in his presentation. Rated: 2.5/4 Sep 7, 2007 Full Review Ed Gonzalez Slant Magazine Less effective as a portrait of Allende than it is as a commentary on the documentary medium itself-art as a means of resuscitating history. Rated: 2.5/4 Sep 5, 2007 Full Review Manohla Dargis New York Times One from the heart, Salvador Allende is a plaintive look back at the rise and violent fall of the world's first democratically elected Marxist president. Rated: 2.5/5 Sep 5, 2007 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews It's a solid no-nonsense documentary. Rated: B Sep 21, 2011 Full Review Andy Klein Los Angeles CityBeat Guzmn's 2004 documentary is not only full of historical detail, but is also suffused with lyricism and melancholy, beautifully shot and edited. Dec 21, 2007 Full Review Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Spirituality & Practice A heartfelt documentary about the charismatic and idealist leader of Chile who sought to bring a fair and free world to his people. Rated: 3/5 Sep 5, 2007 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member Salvador Allende: History is ours, and the people make it to build a better society. Salvador Allende es un personaje divisivo en la historia de la política chilena. Algunos lo ven como un héroe, mientras que otros lo detestan, y esto es parte de su misticismo como figura histórica. Patricio Guzmán trata de capturar al hombre detrás del político, y al tener tan buen material, esperaba algo más. Sus políticas son de dominio público, pero poco se sabe acerca de él como persona, y no pudo adentrarse lo suficiente. También lo afectó la manera de como este documental fue filmado. Pasaba de escena en escena sin tener realmente una continuidad, por lo cual si en una escena nos enfrentaban con una situación emocional, y en la siguiente entrevistaban a el político estadounidense que hablaba de como su derrocamiento fue responsabilidad de su gobierno, entonces crea un corte que no tiene mucho sentido. Hubiera sido más exitosa si se hubiese ceñido a distintos capítulos de su vida y no tratar de mezclar varias historias al mismo tiempo. Allende desde hace tiempo me ha provocado una curiosidad enorme, porque como es posible que tantos se vieron tan empoderados con sus políticas, y un hombre que claramente tenía tanta sensibilidad social, y que se volvió político para mejorar las condiciones de vida de los trabajadores, entonces porqué hubo tanta oposición? Eso es algo que al director le faltó explorar. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member An outstanding documentary film demonstrating the limits of the peaceful/democratic path to socialism, demonstrating the need for the dictatorship of the proletariat to smash the bourgeois/capitalist state. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member lo vi en la facul, me gusto, supongo eso si que puede hacersele la critica de que es partidista, lo que pasa es que entre la libertad y la dictadura, como no tomar partido... Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Audience Member Nice domentary film about the life and miracles of Salvador Allende, the first (and unique) marxist politician democratically elected in the world. It is a Patricio Guzman's film, a Chilean director who went into the exile to France. It is mainly a film for people who does not know or never heard about Allende. The only "defect" of the film is that is completely subjective, since it is a vision from an Allende's friend and Allende's partisan, who does not hide his ideology and symphaties for Allende from the beggining of the movie. The best thing is that I could see the movie in Chile, surrounded of Chileans who lived the Allende's years and the subsequent coup d'Etat in 1973 and I remember some of them crying during the film. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member Not particulary this one, but i cried many times watching his documentaries, wich is rare. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member Bueno, esta es una pelicula que no es necesario que de muchas explicaciones. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis Filmmaker Patricio Guzmán chronicles the life and legacy of the late Chilean president.
      Director
      Patricio Guzmán
      Screenwriter
      Patricio Guzmán
      Distributor
      Icarus Films, First Run
      Production Co
      Columbia
      Genre
      Documentary
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Sep 8, 2006, Limited
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Nov 2, 2015
      Runtime
      1h 44m