Film

Crónica de una victoria

Director

Sergio Riesemberg

Year

1971

This documentary follows the 1970 Chilean elections, which resulted in the election of Salvador Allende. The footage reveals the political and social divisions in a country plagued by poverty, malnutrition, and homelessness. Allende, newly elected, reflects on his future government and his subsequent assassination. One could say that this footage became a chilling and prophetic chronicle of a death foretold.