'Battle of Chile' Documentary-Maker Patricio Guzman Dies, Aged 85
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Chilean filmmaker Patricio Guzmán AFP Chilean filmmaker Patricio Guzmán, author of award-winning documentaries such as "The Battle of Chile" and "Nostalgia da Luz", died on Tuesday (15) at 85, in Paris, informed his wife to AFP. Guzmán, who lived in exile for most of his life, especially in Cuba, Spain and France, died this morning of cardiorespiratory arrest in a French capital hospital, according to sources close to the family. One of his firs…
The director of The Battle of Chile, Nostalgia de la luz and My imaginary country died at the age of 85 in Paris. His work turned the political and social memory of Chile into one of the great themes of contemporary documentary.
Chilean filmmaker and documentary artist Patricio Guzmán, who radiographed the fall of Salvador Allende and the coup d'état of General Pinochet, died on Tuesday 15 September in Paris at the age of 85, learned the AFP from his wife.
Award-winning director Patricio Guzmán created over twenty films, mainly documentaries, among which the trilogy entitled “The Battle of Chile” stands out. The post Patricio Guzmán, the narrator of Chile’s history, has died appeared first on in.gr.
Distinguished in international festivals, Patricio Guzman is notably known for having directed La Bataille du Chili, a trilogy on the government of Salvador Allende until his assassination on 11 September 1973.
The filmmaker had notably directed "La Bataille du Chili", on the overthrow of Salvador Allende by Augusto Pinochet.
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