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THE BATTLE OF CHILE: PART I

La batalla de Chile. Primera parte: La insurrección de la burguesía

Directed by Patricio Guzmán
Chile, Venezuela, 1975
Documentary, History
  • 101101 minutes

Synopsis

March 1973. Polarized, the people of Chile head to the ballot box, where the bourgeois right-wing Christian Democrats run in opposition to Salvador Allende’s incumbent leftist party, Popular Unity. Tensions continue to rise in government and on the streets after the votes have been cast and counted.

Synopsis

March 1973. Polarized, the people of Chile head to the ballot box, where the bourgeois right-wing Christian Democrats run in opposition to Salvador Allende’s incumbent leftist party, Popular Unity. Tensions continue to rise in government and on the streets after the votes have been cast and counted.