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12 días que estremecieron Chile
Fictional stories about Chilean historical events that shook the country through joy, horror, excitement or sadness, and where the great virtues and defects of its national idiosyncrasy were expressed, that marked the lives of many people.
No
In 1988, Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet, due to international pressure, is forced to call a plebiscite on his presidency. The country will vote ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to Pinochet extending his rule for another eight years. Opposition leaders for the ‘No’ vote persuade a brash young advertising executive, René Saavedra, to spearhead their campaign. Against all odds, with scant resources and while under scrutiny by the despot’s minions, Saavedra and his team devise an audacious plan to win the election and set Chile free.
Heroes
Chilean TV miniseries. Each episode relates the history of one of the principal figures Chilean figures of the 19th century: Bernardo O'Higgins, José Miguel Carrera, Manuel Rodríguez, Diego Portales, José Manuel Balmaceda and Arturo Prat.
Neruda
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.
Huaiquimán y Tolosa
A pair of private detectives solve crimes and protect the Patronato district in Santiago, the most important commercial district of immigrants in Chile, facing dangerous mobsters and criminals.
En terapia
Follows the development of five psychological patients through nine sessions each.
Aurora
After reading in the newspaper that a newborn baby was found in a dumpster, a teacher becomes obsessed with giving it a proper burial.
Root
26-year-old Amalia sets out on a voyage with nine-year-old Cristóbal through the remote landscapes of southern Chile with the intention of finding the boy's father. The search will turn into a journey through each of their personal histories.
La viajera
A love story centered around the hectic days of Carlos Ibañez del Campo's dictatorship.
Tony Manero
A man is obsessed with John Travolta's disco dancing character from "Saturday Night Fever".
Mierda Mierda, la función debe continuar
Documentary series that takes a nostalgic journey through decades of Chilean theater and its history.
Geografía del deseo
The story of 4 women who are approaching their forties and despite having different lives, they have in common their frustrations and broken dreams.
Soccer Stories
Three vignettes about the lives of young Chileans and their passions and frustrations over one of the century's most important rituals: football.