Kill Pinochet

Kill Pinochet (Spanish: Matar a Pinochet, known early in the production stage as Los fusileros) is a 2020 thriller film directed by Juan Ignacio Sabatini. It is a Chilean-Argentine-Spanish co-production. The film is based on the attempted assassination of Augusto Pinochet that occurred in September 1986.

Kill Pinochet
SpanishMatar a Pinochet
Directed byJuan Ignacio Sabatini
Written by
  • Juan Ignacio Sabatini
  • Enrique Videla
  • Pablo Paredes
Starring
Production
companies
  • Villano
  • DDRio Estudio
  • Leyenda Cine
  • Potenza Producciones
  • Fusileros la película AIE
Release dates
  • 12 November 2020 (2020-11-12) (Punto Play)
  • 14 November 2020 (2020-11-14) (Huelva)
  • 20 November 2020 (2020-11-20) (Spain)
Countries
  • Chile
  • Argentina
  • Spain
LanguageSpanish

Plot

The plot concerns the development by members of Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front of the plan to kill Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet in Cajón del Maipo in 1986 (the so-called 'Operación Siglo XX').[1][2]

Cast

Production

Kill Pinochet is Juan Ignacio Sabatini's debut as a director of a fiction feature film.[5][6] He penned the screenplay alongside Enrique Videla and Pablo Paredes.[4] A joint Chile–Argentina–Spain international co-production, Kill Pinochet was produced by Villano alongside DDRio Estudio, Leyenda Cine, Potenza Producciones and Fusileros la película AIE, in association with Primate Lab and with support from Fondo de Fomento Audiovisual, CORFO, INCAA, ICAA and Ibermedia.[4] Shooting locations included Santiago and Valparaíso.[7]

Release

In the wake of the health situation of Chile caused by the COVID-19 pandemic,[1] the film had an online pre-screening at the streaming platform Punto Play on 12 November 2020, with a streaming window at Punto Ticket scheduled to last until 6 December 2020.[8][9] It also screened at the 46th Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival on 14 November 2020,[5] and it was theatrically released in Spain on 20 November 2020.[10]

Awards and nominations
Year Award CategoryNominee(s) ResultRef.
20218th Platino AwardsBest Ibero-American Debut FilmNominated[11]
29th EnergaCamerimage Film FestivalDirector's Debut CompetitionNominated[12][13]

See also

References
  1. Cádiz, Pablo (19 November 2020). "'Matar a Pinochet': el atentado al dictador contado por la generación que acabó con su legado". El País.
  2. Meza, Ed. "Troubled Times Play Out in Teutonic Slate at AFM". Variety.
  3. "Matar a Pinochet" (PDF). Cines Renoir. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  4. "'Matar a Pinochet' – estreno en cines 20 de noviembre". Audiovisual451. 19 November 2020.
  5. "Llega a Huelva 'Matar a Pinochet', cinta sobre "herida abierta" de dictadura". La Vanguardia. 14 November 2020.
  6. Marín, Pablo (8 November 2020). "Juan Ignacio Sabatini: "Quise retratar el Chile violentado". La Tercera.
  7. Valdivia, Gonzalo (7 April 2019). "Los Fusileros: cómo se filmó la ambiciosa película sobre los autores del atentado a Pinochet". La Tercera.
  8. Zambrano Aguilera, Tania (3 December 2020). "Matar a Pinochet | Review: cuando la rebeldía es la única opción". Te invito al cine.
  9. Oliveros, Tatiana (12 November 2020). "Director de "Matar a Pinochet": "el tema polariza, pero esto es una invitación a ver la película y conversar sobre el tema"". El Mostrador.
  10. Estrada, Javier (20 November 2020). "Mank, la gran favorita de los Oscar, y los otros 12 estrenos de la semana". Metrópoli – via El Mundo.
  11. Valdenegro, Fernanda (3 October 2021). "Destacan "El Agente Topo" y Alfredo Castro: Revisa el listado de los ganadores de los Premio Platino 2021". En Cancha.
  12. Tabbara, Mona (21 October 2021). "'Titane', 'Passing' and 'A Cop Movie' among Camerimage 2021 nominees". Screendaily.
  13. Gobrar, Matt (20 November 2020). "'C'mon C'mon' Takes Golden Frog And Audience Award At Camerimage — Complete Winners List". Deadline.com.
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