| Jackal of Nahueltoro | |
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| Directed by | Miguel Littín |
| Written by | Miguel Littín |
| Produced by | Héctor Noguera Isidora Portales |
| Starring | Nelson Villagra |
| Cinematography | Héctor Ríos |
| Edited by | Pedro Chaskel |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | Chile |
| Language | Spanish |
Jackal of Nahueltoro (Spanish: El Chacal de Nahueltoro) is a 1969 Chilean drama film directed by Miguel Littín, based on the true story of Jorge Valenzuela Torres, a poor farmer who, during a drunken rampage in 1960, murdered his partner and five of her children.
It was entered into the 20th Berlin International Film Festival, winning the OCIC prize.[1] It is considered by some to be the best Chilean film of all time because it questions the morality of the death penalty and the social hypocrisy of trying to rehabilitate a man only to later execute him.[2]
- ^ "IMDB.com: Awards for Jackal of Nahueltoro". imdb.com. Retrieved 8 March 2010.
- ^ Labra, Pedro (15 August 2003). "¿El mejor filme chileno de todos los tiempos? El chacal de Nahueltoro". Mabuse (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 15 August 2003. Retrieved 21 January 2021.