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

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00:00:02 VIOLENCE AND LIBERATION
00:02:37 THE EXECUTIONS AT THE PATAGONIA
00:03:37 Terrible, dramatic... I saw
00:04:44 as a militant worker at the source of a syndicate.
00:06:25 And suddenly he found himself left with nothing at all.
00:07:36 Accept the legal way? Did this mean to accept legalized violence?
00:08:53 How to begin a dialogue with the enemy
00:10:27 they are the law.
00:11:53 ''There will be reactionary violence
00:13:04 Nobody would have imagined what followed.
00:14:34 or wounded. Nothing of that, they were all dead, assassinated.
00:15:56 they attached you to the table, from your ankles and wrists
00:17:14 Asian, and African friends. These last groups are already seeing the results
00:18:29 but by accomplished acts.
00:19:47 national liberation!
00:21:20 The fighters from Salta...
00:23:03 They don't deny it, on the contrary, they affirm it.
00:24:49 tells in a documentary:
00:26:18 to free ourselves from imperialism, is, like Che thought, to attack their
00:27:58 The peaceful coexistence is just opium that permits imperialism
00:29:18 to face and fight against more than two thirds of humanity
00:30:20 The militant solidarity of the Latin American people was shown
00:31:46 that allows for the total destruction of imperialism.
00:33:16 but also through your daily actions

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 line00:33:16

Production Record

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