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11/08/2016 Drama 1h 48m
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A renowned poet. An unknown inspector. A legendary manhunt.

Overview

It’s 1948 and the Cold War has arrived in Chile. In the Congress, prominent Communist Senator and popular poet Pablo Neruda accuses the government of betraying the Party and is stripped of his parliamentary immunity by President González Videla. The Chief of Investigative Police instructs inspector Óscar Peluchonneau to arrest the poet. Neruda tries to escape from the country with his wife, the painter Delia del Carril, but they are forced to go underground.

  1. Pablo Larraín

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Gael García Bernal

    Oscar Peluchoneau

  2. Luis Gnecco

    Pablo Neruda

  3. Mercedes Morán

    Delia del Carril

  4. Emilio Gutiérrez Caba

    Picasso

  5. Diego Muñoz

    Martínez

  6. Alejandro Goic

    Jorge Bellet

  7. Pablo Derqui

    Victor Pey

  8. Marcelo Alonso

    Pepe Rodríguez

  9. Michael Silva

    Álvaro Jara

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Reviews

A review by Reno
Written by Reno on 2017-11-29
**Chile's own catch me if you can!**

It was Chile's Oscars pick. It made into Golden Globe, but not the Oscars. After I disliked his previous film, looks Larrain back in action. Though, not entirely. This was a biopic, more or less a Chilean version of 'Catch Me If You Can' with a less intensity in its contents. If you are a fan of this director's narration then you might enjoy it. But I thought it was a little boring, due to slow moving story. Especially, half of the film was a background narration than the direct dialogues between the characters. The issue was, it was like someone in the ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
Spanish

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$939,101.00

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