Allende en su laberinto

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.

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)

Jake Griffin Allende Movie Review

This movie is based on the history of Salvador Allende trying to get overthrown as the Chilean President by the military and influences of the United States. It portrays the betrayal of the Chilean military and how the United States influenced people to turn on their president. The director of "Allende en su laberinto" is Miguel Littin. He has directed over 10 movies. I think the director is pretty good for a southern American director. Compared to American directors however, he isn't that good… like at all. This film is clearly created four South America to enjoy.

The director clearly makes his point that the United States is the enemy here and they are the ones that virtually initiated the overthrow of Salvador Allende. The film makes its point that almost everyone turned on Allende, except his tight circle of people who would die for him, literally. I think the director did a good job to show that Salvador Allende was just trying to fix the country of Chile and generally be a peaceful guy about it.

I don't believe there are many historical inaccuracies in this film. From everything that I checked it seems to be very well made when it comes to the history. Except for the fact that Allende is thought to have killed himself and the movie portrays otherwise. Other than that not much historical inaccuracies. The director was most definitely biased however. He really made the point to make the United States look like the big bad villains in this movie. Every time Salvador Allende said "Nixon" he said it with pure hate. This movie, in a way, is anti United States.

The director made it his duty to tell us that The United States were the ones that were influencing people against Allende. But, he never really explained to us why the United States was doing this. He put so much effort into the USA looking like horrible villains, when he never really put in the script why they were doing it in the first place. After looking up information, I figured out that the United States wanted Allende overthrown because his ideas were to close to the ones of the Soviet Union, aka Communism. There's a documentary that was made in 2004 called "Salvador Allende" and IMDb rated it 7.7/10 stars. This was one of the only things I could find that related to this movie. A lot more people seemed to like this more than this movie and I haven't seen this documentary but I can say i'd probably agree based on just seeing this movie alone.

I think the actor that played Salvador Allende wasn't bad at all. He was definitely the best actor on the cast by far. The film itself, is not good. Its boring, hard to figure out what's going on during parts, and very very bad special effects. Like really really bad. I can maybe see this movie being big in Chile because this guy is like a big deal for them. But in America, this movie would be considered sucky and would not fly with the Hollywood blockbusters America is known for making. In Conclusion, if i had to rate this movie out of 5 stars, i'm gonna be generous and give it 3/10 stars.

Allende

The movie Allende as a whole is a good film, but in depth it lacks the emotion in the acting and special effects could use improvement. The plot of this movie follows the day after Salvador Allende is elected as the president of Chile, and the plot of the forces that would attack the palace. For example the acting was a bit underplayed because the people firing guns never reload. Another example of how the acting and special effects is lacking is when Allende's adviser shoots himself in the head it is very evident that it included mediocre special effects.One good thing about the movie as a whole is the history it follows is a great way to show what could've happened in the day that Allende was attacked. To conclude this movie all around could use better acting and special effects but the plot of it is a great way to show what could've been happening inside the Chilean Presidential Palace.

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