1976

An unnervingly brilliant portrait of the ways in which the Pinochet dictatorship realised its brute force and pervasive influence.

Carmen is overseeing renovations to the family’s summer beach home when she witnesses a forced disappearance. Can she be sure she is not being watched? As Pinochet is heard on a TV broadcast justifying his brutal presidential approach, so Carmen finds her daily existence governed by an increasing sense of paranoia and fear.

Former actor Martelli (Machuca, Two Shots Fired) delivers a taut thriller about the ways in which a dictatorship exerts its influence, all grounded in an outstanding performance by Aline Küppenheim as the chain-smoking, pill-popping Carmen, whose elegant, composed exterior masks secrets and discontents. “The blend of character study, Hitchcockian intrigue and an excellent central performance from Aline Kuppenheim makes for a tensely involving tale” Allan Hunter, Screen International. Winner of the 2022 BFI London Film Festival First Feature Competition.