Direction: Patricio Guzmán

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Patricio Guzmán. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


The Battle of Chile: Part 2: The Coup

1976 · Documentary · 82 min. · Chile

Direction Patricio Guzmán

Cast Salvador Allende · Carlos Altamirano · Fernando Castillo

Plot The second film in a two-part documentary on the fate of Allende's Popular Unity government filmed throughout Chile from February to September 1973. Part two opens with the attempted military...

8.2

1K votes

8.2

1K votes

The Battle of Chile: Part 1: The Bourgeois Insurrection

1975 · Documentary · 100 min. · Chile

Direction Patricio Guzmán

Cast Salvador Allende · Abilio Fernández

Plot The first film in a two-part documentary on the fate of Allende's Popular Unity government filmed throughout Chile from February to September 1973. Part one examines the escalation of rightist...

8.2

1K votes

8.2

1K votes

The Battle of Chile: Part 3: The Struggle of an Unarmed People

1979 · Documentary · 82 min. · Chile

Direction Patricio Guzmán

Plot Completed two years after the first two parts of "The Battle of Chile" in 1978, this film deals with the creation of thousands of local groups of "popular power" by...

8.0

993 votes

8.0

993 votes

Nostalgia for the Light

2010 · Documentary · 90 min. · Chile

Direction Patricio Guzmán

Cast Gaspar Galaz · Lautaro Núñez de Arco · Luís Henríquez · Miguel Lawner

Plot Nostalgia de la luz is a film about the distance between the sky and the earth, between light and human beings and the mysterious comings and goings arising between them....

7.6

1K votes

7.6

1K votes

Chile, la memoria obstinada

1997 · Documentary · 52 min. · Canada

Direction Patricio Guzmán

Plot After decades of fascist rule in Chile, Patricio Guzman returns to his country to screen his documentary, Battle of Chile, which until the time of the filming was banned by...

7.4

175 votes

7.4

175 votes

Salvador Allende

2004 · Documentary · 100 min. · Chile

Direction Patricio Guzmán

Cast Salvador Allende · Patricio Guzmán · Jacques Bidou · Alejandro Gonzáles

Plot From his childhood in Valparaiso to his death during the Pinochet military coup on September 11, 1973, the life and works of Chilean president Salvador Allende.

7.4

1K votes

7.4

1K votes

The Pearl Button

2015 · Documentary · 82 min. · Chile

Direction Patricio Guzmán

Cast Martín Calderón · Ema Malig · Gabriela Paterito · Gabriel Salazar Vergara

Plot The ocean contains the history of all humanity. The sea holds all the voices of the earth and those that come from outer space. Water receives impetus from the stars...

7.4

944 votes

7.4

944 votes

The Pinochet Case

2001 · Documentary · 110 min. · Spain

Direction Patricio Guzmán

7.0

234 votes

7.0

234 votes

The Cordillera of Dreams

2019 · Documentary · 84 min. · France

Direction Patricio Guzmán

Plot Patricio Guzmán left Chile more than 40 years ago when the military dictatorship took over the democratically-elected government, but he never stopped thinking about a country, a culture, and a...

6.8

91 votes

6.8

91 votes

Mon Jules Verne

2005 · Documentary · 58 min. · France

Direction Patricio Guzmán

6.8

24 votes

6.8

24 votes

Madrid

2002 · Documentary · 41 min. · Chile

Direction Patricio Guzmán

6.7

33 votes

6.7

33 votes

My Imaginary Country

2022 · Documentary · 83 min. · Chile

Direction Patricio Guzmán

Plot Protests that exploded onto the streets of Chile's capital of Santiago in 2019 as the population demanded more democracy and social equality around education, healthcare and job opportunities.

6.6

140 votes

6.6

140 votes

The Southern Cross

1991 · Documentary · 80 min. · Spain

6.5

29 votes

6.5

29 votes

Invocación

2000 · Movie · 95 min. · Spain

5.2

32 votes

5.2

32 votes

5.0

21 votes

La respuesta de octubre

1972 · Documentary · 55 min. · Chile

Direction Patricio Guzmán

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Chile, una galaxia de problemas

2010 · Documentary · 32 min. · Chile

Direction Patricio Guzmán

Plot In 2008 Patricio Guzmán conducted a survey to find out the ’state of historical memory’ in Santiago. For this purpose he brought together a small number of historians, economists, engineers,...

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Astrónomos de mi barrio (S)

2010 · Documentary · 14 min. · Chile

Direction Patricio Guzmán

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Pueblo en vilo

1995 · Documentary · 52 min. · France

Direction Patricio Guzmán

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Chile, elecciones municipales (S)

1971 · Documentary · min. · Chile

Direction Patricio Guzmán

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Not rated