Salvador Allende

Documentary | 2004-09-08 | Belgium, Chile, France, Germany, Mexico, Spain

6.6 / 10

100 min.

A leftist revolutionary or a reformist democrat?

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.

JBA Production

Les Films de la Passerelle

CV Films

Mediapro

Universidad de Guadalajara