권력에 저항한 정치인이자 민중을 대변하는 칠레의 전설적인 시인 ‘네루다’. 공개적으로 정부를 비난한 그를 잡아오라는 대통령의 명령을 받은 비밀경찰 ‘오스카’는 도피를 위해 아내 ‘델리아’와 함께 은둔생활을 하는 ‘네루다’의 흔적을 밤낮 없이 쫓는다. 아이러니하게도 은둔생활이 길어질수록 ‘네루다’는 세계적 영웅이 되어가고, 그를 잡아야만 하는 ‘오스카’조차 그가 남긴 책 속 문장들에 매료되고 마는데…
Mordant, self-aware, freighted with sensitivity toward Chile’s problem, wary of caricature, disposed toward consciousness of human fallibility, it is a deft blend of fiction and documentary set in the tumultuous days leading up to the election of Salvador Allende in 1970.
Based on an actual murder case that ignited a furious debate over the death penalty in Chile in 1960, this experimental social drama portrays the life and death of an illiterate peasant who, while drunk, murdered the woman with whom he had a relationship and her five children.
Chilean soldiers try to survive in the desert after they are attacked by Peruvian troops. The 17 survivors are held together by the Captain. The Lieutenant is a civilian attorney who clashes with the Captain as he pursues the valuable rights to nitrate deposits in the area. When the fighting was over, 25,000 soldiers from Chile, Peru and Bolivia had perished while trying to secure the coveted mineral rights for foreign companies.