Neruda
A renowned poet. An unknown inspector. A legendary manhunt.
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8/11/2016Runtime
108 minsGenres
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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.
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A stylish cat-and-mouse game between a hunted poet and his pursuer that transforms into a meditation on the power of words and resistance in the face of political oppression. The film moves as fluidly as Neruda himself, blending noir tension with lyrical introspection.
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Gael García Bernal
Oscar Peluchoneau
Luis Gnecco
Pablo Neruda
Mercedes Morán
Delia del Carril
Emilio Gutiérrez Caba
Picasso
Diego Muñoz
Martínez
Alejandro Goic
Jorge Bellet
Pablo Derqui
Victor Pey
Marcelo Alonso
Pepe Rodríguez
Michael Silva
Álvaro Jara
Francisco Reyes
Bianchi
Jaime Vadell
Jorge Alessandri
Néstor Cantillana
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