Metamorphosis of the Chief of the Political Police
Nov 22 1973
•2h 45m
•Drama
In this film the director's recurring concerns return: the divisions in the Chilean left, and its contradictions between what the director calls the "traditional" and the "revolutionary" left. The problem is exposed through the doubts and obsessions of a strange police chief who cannot establish the limits between critical behavior and militant responsibility.
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Patricia Guzmán
Marcelo Romo
Rafael Benavente
Arnaldo Berríos
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