Allende

“I was 10 when the coup happened in Chile. My friend Roberto was 9. Roberto was killed at the door of my house.”

“Allende” opens with these words from Chilean director Jessica Walker. Seven actors, a collective dramaturgy and committed physical work in the service of a poetic, experimental portrait of Chile’s first democratically elected socialist president.

A look at an era marked by the barbarity that shattered the socialist dream, and a poignant tribute marking the 50th anniversary of Salvador Allende’s death during the 1973 coup.