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My Imaginary Country (2022)

May 20, 2022 Documentary 1h 23m
67%
User Score
7.2/10
94%
86/100

An explosive social revolution brought 1.5 million Chileans to their feet!

Overview

This documentary explores the protests that exploded onto the streets of Chile’s capital of Santiago in 2019 as the population demanded more democracy and social equality around education, healthcare and job opportunities.

Patricio Guzmán
Director

Top Billed Cast

Patricio Guzmán
Patricio Guzmán

Self

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MY IMAGINARY COUNTRY Trailer
MY IMAGINARY COUNTRY Trailer
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MY IMAGINARY COUNTRY Clip 1 | From legendary filmmaker Patricio Guzmán
MY IMAGINARY COUNTRY Clip 1 | From legendary filmmaker Patricio Guzmán
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A review by CinemaSerf
Written on December 31, 2023

Perhaps because I've recently watched quite a few lively and informative documentaries based around the protests in Hong Kong, I found this all rather repetitive, partisan and dry. It's not that the story isn't well worth telling, it's just that Patricio Guzmán relies too heavily on the (perilously shot) archive footage and protester interviews without really putting much context into just what is happening in Chile in 2019. The narrative suggests it's about equal rights for education and job opportunities, but there is little illustration from that narrative just how the protesters aim to achieve that in a politically divided nation that hovers close to bankruptcy and has very close ties to a Catholic church that is catholic in more the just name. They present many of the answers but are...

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