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¡Qué hacer!

  • 19721972
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  • 1h 30m
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6.4/10
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¡Qué hacer! (1972)
  • Drama
A Brechtian mix of political fiction, real-life footage and Country Joe McDonald music. In Chile in 1970, a young woman Peace Corps worker becomes involved with a mysterious American 'busine... Read allA Brechtian mix of political fiction, real-life footage and Country Joe McDonald music. In Chile in 1970, a young woman Peace Corps worker becomes involved with a mysterious American 'businessman' and a local revolutionary.A Brechtian mix of political fiction, real-life footage and Country Joe McDonald music. In Chile in 1970, a young woman Peace Corps worker becomes involved with a mysterious American 'businessman' and a local revolutionary.
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
58
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  • Directors
    • Saul Landau
    • Raúl Ruiz
    • Nina Serrano
  • Stars
    • Sandra Archer
    • Aníbal Reyna
    • Richard Stahl
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  • Directors
    • Saul Landau
    • Raúl Ruiz
    • Nina Serrano
  • Stars
    • Sandra Archer
    • Aníbal Reyna
    • Richard Stahl
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    • 2User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    Sandra Archer
    • Suzanne McCloud
    Aníbal Reyna
    • Simon Vallejo
    Richard Stahl
    Richard Stahl
    • Martin Scott Bradford
    Luis Alarcón
    • Osvaldo Alarcón
    Pablo de la Barra
    • Hugo Alarcón
    Sergio Zorrilla
    • Self
    Salvador Allende
    Salvador Allende
    • Self
    Country Joe McDonald
    Country Joe McDonald
    • Country
    • (as Joe McDonald)
    Jorge Yáñez
    • Padre Eduardo
    Sergio Bravo
    • Kidnapper
    Óscar Castro
    • Kidnapper
    Poli Délano
    • Old comrade
    Mónica Echeverría
    • Irene Alarcón
    Elizabeth Farnsworth
    • Margaret
    Saul Landau
    • Seymour Rosenberg
    Rodrigo Maturana
    • Old comrade
    Pablo Neruda
    Pablo Neruda
    • Self
    Darío Pulgar
    • Darío Mesa, the drunk
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      • Saul Landau
      • Raúl Ruiz
      • Nina Serrano
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    Fine documentary about the Chile of Salvador Allende
    An interesting semi documentary by American left wing activist Saul Landau about the 1970 presidential election in Chile, which socialist Salvador Allende won (he would, of course, died in an apparent suicide while being overthrown in the brutal 1973 coup by general Augusto Pinochet). The movie includes documentary material (including a brief Allende interview when he was on the campaign trail) with a fictionalized story, mostly about Americans working in Chile during the time. There is a minimal storyline there with the unlikely romance between a middle aged consultant to the mining companies who has right wing views (Richard Stahl) and a young left wing activist girl working for the Peace Corps.

    The nice color photography allows us to see a Chile of the time that we usually see in black and white photos. There are many outdoor shots, with people walking in the street and commenting and arguing about the politics of the time. It makes the already distant era (43 years ago!) seems more vivid to us. The movie also includes a fine soundtrack by Country Joe McDonald.

    Note: Landau has four codirectors, including the famous Chilean Raul Ruiz, who would make more than a hundred films, and would become an art cinema darling in his later career in exile in France.
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    • Release date
      • September 28, 1973 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Chile
      • United States
    • Languages
      • Spanish
      • English
    • Also known as
      • What Is to Be Done?
    • Filming locations
      • Copiapó, Chile
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      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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