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Directed by Patricio Guzmán
In 1998 at the request of a Spanish magistrate with the initial support of the British government, Augusto Pinochet became the first head of state to be charged with crimes against humanity under the concept of universal jurisdiction. For Guzmán these events offered not only a chance to document the unprecedented international judicial proceedings against Pinochet, but to examine the concept of justice itself. Intercutting interviews with lawyers and Pinochet’s victims, Guzmán follows the process through which painful memories are translated into dry legalese in pursuit of an ambiguous, uncertain closure.
Screenwriter: Patricio Guzmán. Adaptation: Yves Jeanneau. Cinematographer: Jacques Bouquin. Editor: Claudio Martinez. Presented in Spanish and English dialogue with English subtitles. 35mm, Color, 109 min.
