1976 (film)

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1976
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Directed by Manuela Martelli
Written byManuela Martelli
Alejandra Moffat
Produced by Alejandra García
Andrés Wood
Dominga Sotomayor
Juan Pablo Gugliotta
Nathalia Videla Peña
Omar Zúñiga Hidalgo
Starring Aline Kuppenheim
Nicolás Sepúlveda
Hugo Medina
Alejandro Goic
Carmen Gloria Martínez
Antonia Zegers
Marcial Tagle
CinematographyYarará Rodríguez
Edited byCamila Mercadal
Music byMariá Portugal
Production
companies
Cinestación
Magma Cine (Argentina)
Wood Producciones S.A
Release dates
  • 26 May 2022 (2022-05-26)(Cannes)
  • 20 October 2022 (2022-10-20)(Chile)
Running time
95 minutes
CountriesChile
Argentina
LanguageSpanish
Box office$549,926 [1]

1976, also known as Chile '76 in North America, is a 2022 Chilean-Argentine drama film [2] directed by Manuela Martelli in her directorial debut, [3] with a screenplay co-written by Martelli and Alejandra Moffat. The film premiered on 26 May 2022, in the Directors' Fortnight section at the Cannes Film Festival and was released in Chilean cinemas on 20 October 2022. [4] [5] It was nominated in the Best Ibero-American Film category at the 37th Goya Awards. [6] [7]

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Plot

Carmen, a 50-year-old housewife from a middle-class family, enjoys a comfortable life in Santiago with her successful and respected doctor husband Miguel and their adult children. In the winter of 1976, three years after Augusto Pinochet seized power in Chile through a coup and established a military dictatorship, Carmen travels to her summer house to oversee renovation work and take some time for herself. While there, Father Sánchez, the priest of the small coastal town, asks for her help in caring for Elías, a young man who is part of the resistance against the dictator, has been wounded by a bullet, and has taken refuge with him. Because Carmen has medical knowledge and had once aspired to study medicine herself, and has also been involved in charitable projects in the church, she agrees to assist. [8] [9] [10] [11]

Cast

Production

1976 was directed by Chilean filmmaker Manuela Martelli, who co-wrote the screenplay with Alejandra Moffat. Martelli had previously worked on the Chilean horror stop-motion animated film La casa lobo. With 1976, Martelli made her feature film directorial debut, while also having appeared in more than 15 films as an actress. [9] [12]

The film is set in 1976, the year when Martelli's maternal grandmother passed away, and she wanted to explore the experiences that told the story of a different reality through family videos shot with a Super-8 camera. [13]

The lead role of the housewife Carmen is played by Aline Küppenheim, a Chilean theater, film, and television actress of French descent, considered one of the greatest performers in her home country. Küppenheim gained international recognition for her role in Sebastián Lelio's A Fantastic Woman . The film also stars Nicolás Sepúlveda, who plays the wounded man named Elías, [8] [14] and Hugo Medina, who plays Padre Sánchez.

Filming took place in the summer of 2021, partly in Las Cruces, a holiday resort in the Chilean coastal town/municipality of El Tabo in the Valparaíso region. Yarará Rodríguez served as the cinematographer, while the film's score was composed by Brazilian jazz and improvisational musician Mariá Portugal. [15]

Release

1976 premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2022, where it was shown in the Directors' Fortnight section. [16] It was also screened at several other film festivals, including the Melbourne International Film Festival, [17] the San Sebastián International Film Festival, [18] the Hamburg Film Festival, [19] the Osnabrück Film Festival, the Chicago International Film Festival, [20] [21] the Göteborg International Film Festival, [22] [23] the Tokyo International Film Festival, [24] the BFI London Film Festival [25] and the Palm Springs International Film Festival. [26]

Reception

Critical response

According to the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, 1976 has a 91% approval rating based on 53 reviews from critics, with an average rating of 7.2/10. The site's consensus reads, "Chile '76 is an intriguing historical noir that radiographs Pinochet's patronizing and patriarchal society through the eyes of a steely bourgeoise woman who dares to take a stand". [27] On Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, the film holds a score of 78 out of 100 based on 18 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [28]

Accolades

AwardDate of ceremonyCategoryRecipient(s)ResultRef.
Ariel Awards 9 September 2023 Best Ibero-American Film 1976Nominated [29]
Athens International Film Festival7 April 2022Best FilmNominated [30]
Best Director Manuela Martelli Won
Brussels International Film Festival 2 July 2022Jury Prize1976Nominated [31]
Caleuche Awards 29 January 2023Best Actress in a Film Aline Küppenheim Won [32]
Best Supporting Actor in a FilmHugo MedinaWon
Nicolás SepúlvedaNominated
Cannes Film Festival 28 May 2022 Caméra d'Or Manuela MartelliNominated [33]
Directors Guild of America Awards 10 February 2024 Outstanding Directing – First-Time Feature Film Nominated [34]
Goya Awards 11 February 2023 Best Ibero-American Film 1976Nominated [35]
Jerusalem Film Festival 31 July 2022Best International DebutManuela MartelliWon [2]
Lima Film Festival 12 August 2022 Trophy Spondylus 1976Nominated [36]
Best ActressAline KuppenheimWon [37]
Best DebutManuela MartelliWon
APRECI Award for Best Film in Competition1976Won
London Film Festival 16 October 2022 Sutherland Award for Best First Feature Film Won [38]
Palm Springs International Film Festival 16 January 2023 Best Ibero-American FilmWon [39]
Platino Awards 22 April 2023 Best First Feature Film Won [40]
Best Actress Aline KüppenheimNominated
Best Screenplay Manuela Martelli, Alejandra MoffatNominated
Best Art Direction Francisca CorreaNominated
Rolling Stone en Español Awards 26 October 2023 Fiction Feature Film of the Year1976Nominated [41]
Direction of the YearManuela MartelliNominated
Performance of the YearAline KüppenheimNominated
San Sebastián International Film Festival 24 September 2022 Latin Horizons AwardManuela MartelliNominated [42]
Tokyo International Film Festival 2 November 2022 Tokyo Grand Prix1976Nominated [43]
Best ActressAline KüppenheimWon
Valdivia International Film Festival 16 October 2022Best Chilean Feature Film1976Won [44]

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