The Cordillera of Dreams 12A

Winner of Best Documentary at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, The Cordillera of Dreams is a reflection on the brutality and legacy of the 1973 coup which brought Pinochet's military junta to power in Chile.

Director Patricio Guzmán has lived outside of Chile for 46 years but returns to chronicle the country’s contemporary history following the coup d'état and relentless dictatorship years. The coup established a new economic model, an institutional structure from which the country has taken years to recover. Guzmán journeys through the Cordillera, which he believes witnessed events that were hidden from Chile’s citizens. But his Andes are not just an impassive mountain range: the route along its peaks also serves as a reconstruction of Chile’s history and an attempt at finding lost memory.