THE CHILEAN
a feature film by Sergio Castro-San Martín
Italy, Chile, Switzerland 2026; 100′; o.v. Italian, Spanish
Festival & Prizes
Synopsis
1976. In the midst of the Chilean miners’ protests against the Pinochet dictatorship, Aldo Marín, a young socialist and expert in explosives, is forced into exile. Leaving behind his wife and newborn son, scraping to survive in a Turin torn apart by the tensions of the Years of Lead. Everything changes when he meets Luciana, a doctor linked to anarchist environments who practices clandestine abortions. The woman offers him the chance to reunite with his family, but in exchange, Aldo will have to dust off a talent that is also his greatest curse: that of making bombs.
Credits
Cast:
Camilo Arancibia; Sara Serraiocco; Andrew Bargsted; Gaetano Bruno; Lorenzo Richelmy
Directed by:
Sergio Castro-San Martín
Screenplay:
Simona Nobile and Sergio Castro-San Martín
Assistant Director:
Giovanni Arcangeli
Cinematographer:
Simon Guy Fässler
Editing:
Valeria Hernández, Caterina Mona
Music:
Zeno Gabaglio
Production:
Alessandro Amato & Luigi Chimienti; Pablo Calisto & Tomás Alzamora; Michela Pini
dispàrte, EQUECO and Cinédokké in association with Redibis Film
Co-production:
RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera, SRG SSR
With the support of:
Fondo per lo sviluppo degli investimenti del cinema e nell’audiovisivo MiC – Ministero della Cultura DGCA con il supporto di PR FESR Piemonte 2021-2027 Bando “Piemonte Film TV Fund”, Film Commission Torino Piemonte, Creative Europe Media, Fondo de Fomento Audiovisual – MINCAP, Corfo, Ibermedia, Ufficio federale della cultura(UFC) -Repubblica e Cantone Ticino / Fondo cantonale per la cinematografia – Ticino Film Commission
