José Balmes
Actor
Movies2
Movie6.9DocumentaryA leftist revolutionary or a reformist democrat? A committed Marxist or a constitutionalist politician? An ethical and moral man or, as Richard Nixon called him, a "son of a bitch"? In SALVADOR ALLENDE, acclaimed Chilean filmmaker Patricio Guzmán (The Battle of Chile and Chile, Obstinate Memory) returns to his native country thirty years after the 1973 military coup that overthrew Chile's Popular Unity government to examine the life of its leader, Salvador Allende, both as a politician and a man.
Salvador Allende
2004 · 16 votes
Movie7.4DocumentaryAfter decades of fascist rule in Chile, Patricio Guzmán returns to his country to screen his documentary The Battle of Chile.