Chile '76

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Chile '76

2023

1h 35m

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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Chile, 1976. Carmen heads off to her beach house to supervise its renovation. Her husband, children and grandchildren come back and forth during the winter vacation. When the family priest asks her to take care of a young man he is sheltering in secret, Carmen steps onto unexplored territories, away from the quiet life she is used to.

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Critics Consensus

Chile '76 is an intriguing historical noir that radiographs Pinochet's patronizing and patriarchal society through the eyes of a steely bourgeoise woman who dares to take a stand.

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Josh Kupecki

Austin Chronicle

Aug 17, 2023

4/5

What Martelli and her co-conspirators have created with the radicalization of Carmen in Chile ‘76 -- and what, incidentally, eludes so many contemporary horror films -- is the palpable sense of dread.

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Ann Hornaday

Washington Post

Jun 13, 2023

3/4

Chile ’76 turns out to be a paranoid thriller altogether worthy of the era it captures with such cool, self-contained style.

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Tim Cogshell

FilmWeek (LAist)

Jun 6, 2023

A very powerful and chilling reminder of what it would be like to live in a police state.

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Cate Marquis

AWFJ.org

Jun 11, 2025

An impressive debut by a actor-turned-director Manuela Martelli, Chile ’76 is a chilling, powerful political thriller as a woman’s view of the world around her is shaken to its foundations in the film’s devastating conclusion.

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David Bax

Battleship Pretension

Oct 1, 2024

Unlike standard issue noir, though, in which the character becomes embroiled in crime of the civilian (if sometimes organized) variety, Chile ’76 involves political crime and the always present threat of domestic political violence.

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Mary Ann Brussat

Spirituality & Practice

Dec 24, 2023

4/5

A political and psychological thriller about the moral struggle of a bourgeois women living under a dictatorship.

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Janice

Jun 25, 2023

Great suspense movie beautifully acted

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Roy J

Jun 13, 2023

Kept my attention mainly because of the lead actress. I don't have much knowledge about Chile's history, but this was a good slow burn thriller for spy fans.

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Gary W

Jun 7, 2023

I thoroughly enjoyed this film. The 1976 settings were presented effectively. And the plot kept me involved throughout the film, in a Hitchcockian sort of way. Aline Kppenheim was great in the role of Carmen. If you don't know about the difficult times during the Pinochet military dictatorship during this time, this film will leave you wanting to know more about it.

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Peter G

@petergem Apr 28, 2025

This is an example of why you can't trust the reviews. This movie is highly over rated. And it isn't because I'm personally against foreign films. As a comparison, the foreign film "The Lives of Others" is a genuine 5-star movie. It has an interesting story, good acting and the suspense keeps you on edge to the very end. In contrast, Chile '76 was painfully slow and not particularly interesting despite an interesting premise, and there's no payoff from slogging through this slow, dull movie. You'll find yourself waiting for a climax that really never happens. When it's over, you'll be thinking "is that it?" So disappointing.

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Tim G

@tmgreene22 Jan 23, 2025

Hard to say, had trouble staying awake. Seemed good?

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James M

@RT56884204 Oct 16, 2023

For me, this film never gets inside the characters, it feels as if we are looking at them from a distance. We are left to guess what the main character might be thinking, without any indication that she is a person with any strong character or personality, which leaves us with the impression that she is just a naive shallow woman out of her depth, which ultimately means that one does not feel involvement or care to any great extent what happens to her or the story

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Synopsis

Chile, 1976. Carmen heads off to her beach house to supervise its renovation. Her husband, children and grandchildren come back and forth during the winter vacation. When the family priest asks her to take care of a young man he is sheltering in secret, Carmen steps onto unexplored territories, away from the quiet life she is used to.

Director: Manuela Martelli
Producer: Omar Zúñiga Hidalgo, Dominga Sotomayor, Alejandra García, Andrés Wood
Screenwriter: Manuela Martelli, Alejandra Moffat
Distributor: Kino Lorber
Production Co: Magma Cine, Wood Producciones, Cinestación
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: Spanish
Release Date (Theaters): May 5, 2023, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 11, 2023
Box Office (Gross USA): $166.0K
Runtime: 1h 35m

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