Allende en su laberinto

When I was a kid and my dad talked to me about the last hours of President Allende on La Moneda, I thought to myself: "Wow, there should really be a movie about that", and here it is. First of all i'd like to talk about the acting, Daniel Muñoz gives an excellent performance as Allende, as well as the cast, which was also very great. The direction is very good too, Miguel Littin does a great job on that. You can really feel the sense of hopelessness and betrayal that surrounds the attacks on La Moneda. The film is shot really well too, the sets, the makeup, everything is well done. My only issues with the film is that sometimes the dialogue seems a little bit unrealistic and that the CGI looks fake, but they don't use it too much though, so it's not very much of a problem. That aside, "Allende En Su Laberinto" is a very good movie with great performances, definitely worth your time.

8 out of 10

I know the barebones facts about Salvador Allende - the very barebones facts. He was a socialist who was elected President of Chile and sought to lead a peaceful socialist revolution. He was virulently opposed by the United States, and eventually overthrown and died during a coup by the Chilean military with the assistance of the CIA, ushering in a time of violent and ruthless fascist rule of Chile by a military junta under the leadership of Augusto Pinochet.

I knew all that. It's only the basics, but it was enough knowledge to make me intrigued by this movie. For the most part it didn't disappoint. It details the last few hours of Allende's life, as he and his supporters wall themselves up inside the presidential palace and fight desperately, hoping for some miracle that would save them. The miracle, of course, didn't come. I thought it was a pretty convincing account of Allende's last seven hours, but that was also its great weakness. Knowing only the barebones facts, I would have appreciated a little more about the political situation in Chile. How did we get to this last day of Allende's presidency and life? Without knowing much about the internal workings of the Chilean politics of that era, I found myself a little bit lost. Having to watch it with subtitles (because I don't speak Spanish and it wasn't dubbed into English) was also a bit distracting, although the story itself is clear and straightforward enough.

Overall I liked it. I just wish it had offered a little bit more background to the coup and how it came about. (7/10)

The movie Allende en su Laberinto is a great movie. The film was about Salvador Allende's last hours of being president. It showed how the military did not like Allende and how they overthrew the government. It also showed how and why the United States got involved in the war. This movie was created for people who like history and for the people who is interested in the history of Chili. Miguel Littin did a good job with writing and directing. I liked the part of the movie where the President gave his last speech. He did a good job capturing everyone feelings at the time. Daniel Munoz did a good job acting as president. They captured was it was like being president.

Allende, directed by Miguel Littin, is a historically accurate film that covers the events of the Chilean revolution in 1973. It follows Allende, the president of Chile, and his defense of the capital against the Chilean military and the U.S. government. This film is produced for those that are looking at it through a historical lens, and is made from the perspective of someone who knows history well.

Littin directed this film to display bias in favor of Allende and the Chilean government. Littin wanted to shed light on the different perspectives of the Chilean revolution. This of course is not specifically stated. The viewer is left on their own to determine whose perspective the film is looking at. The director shows the film through Allende's perspective by focusing the camera on him and on what he says.

Allende is perfect for educational purposes. It is historically accurate while providing high-quality acting and camera-work. The only criticism one might have is that the whole film is in subtitles, which while it might not pose a problem to some, to others it could be a turn-off. In summary, Allende is the perfect film for the classroom.

Awful acting from Daniel Muñoz. He depicts Allende as a dilettante without any grasp of reality, as a womanizer and as a idiot. The directing of Muñoz is also to blame. All i all Allende is depicted like an comic-book Latino Napoleon. The USA is described as the big bad wolf, which they were, but not in the way it was described. The death of Allende is a ongoing point of discussion. Did he commit suicide or was he killed during the fighting. This is still discussed, but the movie don't come with an answer. The technical achievement was also well below par. After the movie ended I thought that it was sponsored by Pinochet-money, so bad was it.