Chile: Obstinate Memory
1997 · 59 MIN · IMDB 7.8 · 386 VOTES · DIR. Patricio Guzmán
Overview
After decades of fascist rule in Chile, Patricio Guzmán returns to his country to screen his documentary The Battle of Chile.
Dialogue Timeline — 645 lines
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00:00:40 I was supposed to get married at 9:30am.
00:02:33 that he's been back to this place.
00:05:17 to stop us getting away.
00:06:47 "He'll be useful as a shield. "
00:08:41 throughout his life
00:10:41 they'd crush them if we didn't stop firing.
00:12:17 All of them "disappeared" except for two.
00:15:35 to consolidate the government in its policies
00:18:39 - Yes, it's your brother. - Of course, it's Hugo.
00:20:28 Don Salvador, your words were not in vain...
00:22:42 First of all
00:24:29 It was a dream of justice:
00:26:22 in the fight against Marxism-Leninism
00:27:52 When you reach the point of killing for your ideals
00:29:34 because we're living with the consequences.
00:31:05 It's hard to admit one's mistakes
00:32:52 He used to talk about clothes, girls, wine...
00:36:36 The cause of Pinochet's downfall
00:39:51 So many names, my God!
00:41:48 I could provide a little comfort...
00:46:07 But "those who we were" are not dead
00:48:53 I don't think too much about death
00:51:37 I'm proud of all these people
00:53:24 everything. My faith is gone...
Cast & Characters
Patricio Guzmán
Narrator
Vincent Davy
Narrator
Hortensia Allende
Self (widow of Salvador Allende)
José Balmes
Self (painter)
Carlos Flores del Pino
Self (film-maker)
Ernesto Malbran
Self (professor)
Rodolfo Müller
Self (father of Jorge Muller Silva)
Pablo Perelman
Self (film-maker)
Alvaro Undurraga
Self (doctor)
Ignacio Valenzuela
Self (uncle of Patricio Guzmán)
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed645
Dialogue density10.9 lines / min
First line00:00:40
Final line00:53:24
Production Record
DirectorPatricio Guzmán
LanguageSpanish
IMDb votes386