The Hour of the Furnaces

1968 · 260 MIN · IMDB 7.6 · 1,234 VOTES · DIR. Octavio Getino, Fernando E. Solanas

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Overview

An impassioned three-part documentary of the liberation struggle waged throughout Latin America, using Argentina as a historical example of the imperialist exploitation of the continent. Part I: Neo-Colonialism and Violence is a historical, geographic, and economic analysis of Argentina. Part II: An Act For Liberation examines the ten-year reign of Juan Perón (1945-55) and the activities of the Peronist movement after his fall from power. Part III: Violence and Liberation studies the role of violence in the national liberation process and constitutes a call for action.

Documentary1960s

Dialogue Timeline — 377 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:02 VIOLENCE AND LIBERATION
00:02:37 THE EXECUTIONS AT THE PATAGONIA
00:03:37 Terrible, dramatic... I saw
00:04:46 Now I will learn from you.
00:06:30 He had been trained to compromise
00:07:43 Isn't this social peace
00:09:02 What do his reasons, his ways matter to us
00:10:42 Violence invades the streets, enters the homes
00:11:59 Or dictatorship of the privileged or national liberation'' J.W. Cooke
00:13:17 to cheer for Perón and the triumph of the revolution.
00:14:49 ...four bodies full of bullets...
00:16:11 keeping themselves busy with your genitals.
00:17:29 For this, we must follow the example from Asian and African countries
00:18:53 than a vague gesture of solidarity.
00:20:04 all those who don't fight them directly.
00:21:41 Musy, Retamar, Mendoza
00:23:34 But the violence of the System is also its self destruction.
00:25:04 implies conscience, organization and revolutionary conditions.
00:26:54 or they intervene by military force.
00:28:27 the underdevelopment, poverty and the exploitation
00:29:46 They only have the the nuclear blackmail.
00:31:03 that a people can liberate itself if its revolutionary chiefs
00:32:28 A war that reveals itself in daily violence
500:00:00 the elite of the American army

Cast & Characters

María de la Paz Narrator Fernando E. Solanas Narrator Edgardo Suárez Narrator Julio Troxler Self Fidel Castro Self Ernesto 'Che' Guevara Self Zedong Mao Self Eva Perón Self

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed377
Dialogue density1.4 lines / min
First line00:00:02
Final line500:00:00

Production Record

DirectorOctavio Getino, Fernando E. Solanas
LanguageSpanish
IMDb votes1,234