Chile, Obstinate Memory

Chile, Obstinate Memory
SpanishChile, la memoria obstinada
Directed byPatricio Guzmán
Produced byYves Jeanneau
Éric Michel
Narrated byPatricio Guzmán
Vincent Davy
CinematographyÉric Pittard
Pablo Saura
Edited byHélène Girard
Music byRobert Marcel Lepage
Production
companies
Les Films d'Ici
National Film Board of Canada
La Sept-Arte
Release date
  • August 1997 (1997-08) (MWFF)
Running time
59 minutes
CountriesChile
Belgium
Canada
France
Germany
LanguageSpanish

Chile, Obstinate Memory (Spanish: Chile, la memoria obstinada) is a documentary film, directed by Patricio Guzmán and released in 1997.[1] The film profiles Guzmán's trip back to Chile, after years living and working outside the country, to screen his landmark documentary The Battle of Chile in the country for the first time.[2]

The film premiered at the 1997 Montreal World Film Festival.[3] It was later screened at the 1997 Toronto International Film Festival,[4] the 1998 Sundance Film Festival,[5] and the 1998 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival,[6] before being broadcast on television as an episode of the documentary series The Passionate Eye in September 1998.[7]

  1. ^ Marke Andrews, "Powerful memories of Chile". Vancouver Sun, September 27, 1997.
  2. ^ Klady, Leonard (1997-11-16). "Chile, Obstinate Memory". Variety. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
  3. ^ Ray Conlogue, "Two Canadian films compete in Montreal film festival Michel Poulette's La Conciergerie and Olivier Asselin's The Seat of the Soul vie for Grand Prix with 19 others". The Globe and Mail, August 6, 1997.
  4. ^ "Spanish films offer eclectic choice". Kingston Whig-Standard, August 8, 1997.
  5. ^ "Three NFB films entered in Sundance Film Festival". Halifax Daily News, January 17, 1998.
  6. ^ "World's best documentaries honoured: Filmmaker Allan King given first lifetime achievement award at fifth annual Hot Docs!". The Globe and Mail, March 23, 1998.
  7. ^ John Doyle, "John Doyle's Critical List". The Globe and Mail, September 5, 1998.