The Conspiracy
Director Emilio Pacull
Countries
Duration 85 min
Synopsis
On September 11th 1973, Augusto Olivares, Salvador Allende’s closest collaborator, committed suicide a few minutes before Allende himself put an end to his life. Emilio Pacull, Olivares’ stepson, revisits the Chile of today and through survivors moving witness accounts and with the use of the cinema as an instrument of reflection and condemnation, he analyses this event as an exemplary case of brutal suppression of a utopian possibility.
On September 11th 1973, Augusto Olivares, Salvador Allende’s closest collaborator, committed suicide a few minutes before Allende himself put an end to his life. Emilio Pacull, Olivares’ stepson, revisits the Chile of today and through survivors moving witness accounts and with the use of the cinema as an instrument of reflection and condemnation, he analyses this event as an exemplary case of brutal suppression of a utopian possibility.