Name: Neruda
Genre: Drama
Released: 2016-08-11
Duration: 108 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Gael García Bernal, Luis Gnecco, Mercedes Morán, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba, Diego Muñoz

A renowned poet. An unknown inspector. A legendary manhunt.

Director: Pablo Larraín

Producer: Axel Kuschevatzky, Renan Artukmac

It’s 1948 and the Cold War has arrived in Chile. In the Congress, prominent Communist Senator and popular poet Pablo Neruda accuses the government of betraying the Party and is stripped of his parliamentary immunity by President González Videla. The Chief of Investigative Police instructs inspector Óscar Peluchonneau to arrest the poet. Neruda tries to escape from the country with his wife, the painter Delia del Carril, but they are forced to go underground.

108 min Rating: 6.3/10 Released

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Top Cast

Gael García Bernal

Oscar Peluchoneau

Luis Gnecco

Pablo Neruda

Mercedes Morán

Delia del Carril

Emilio Gutiérrez Caba

Picasso

Diego Muñoz

Martínez

Alejandro Goic

Jorge Bellet

Movie Info

Director: Pablo Larraín

Producer: Axel Kuschevatzky, Renan Artukmac

Production Companies: Participant, Funny Balloons, Ad hoc Studios, AZ Films, Casting del Sur, Reborn Production, Setembro Cine, Fabula, Telefe

Countries: United States of America, Argentina, Chile, France, Spain

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What Others Said

Reno: **Chile's own catch me if you can!** It was Chile's Oscars pick. It made into Golden Globe, but not the Oscars. After I disliked his previous film, looks Larrain back in action. Though, not entirely. This was a biopic, more or less a Chilean version of 'Catch Me If You Can' with a less intensity in its contents. If you are a fan of this director's narration then you might enjoy it. But I thought it was a little boring, due to slow moving story. Especially, half of the film was a background narration than the direct dialogues between the characters. The issue was, it was like someone in the bed, ill and they are narrating a tale. Too low voice like whispering which is equal to lullaby. On the other hand, now and then there were some fine scenes. It was a cat-mouse game. But nothing thrilling enough like you would expect from a cop chasing a bad guy films. The story was not deep or detail. Only those limited life events of Neruda were present on the screen. Most of them were silly ones, or maybe made it to look like that way. That's why it felt like a dark comedy. From the cop's perspective, don't expect like Sherlock Holmes level. The cast was good. The locations too, but not those projectors clips for backgrounds during vehicles scenes. So just an above average film. Though should have been better. **6/10**