1976 (film)

1976, also known as Chile '76 in North America, is a 2022 Chilean-Argentine drama film[2] directed by Manuela Martelli in her directorial debut,[3] with a screenplay co-written by Martelli and Alejandra Moffat. The film premiered on May 26, 2022, in the Directors' Fortnight section at the Cannes Film Festival and was released in Chilean cinemas on October 20, 2022.[4][5] It was nominated in the Best Ibero-American Film category at the 37th Goya Awards.[6][7]

For films released in 1976, see 1976 in film.

1976
Film poster
Directed byManuela Martelli
Written byManuela Martelli
Alejandra Moffat
Produced byAlejandra García
Andrés Wood
Dominga Sotomayor
Juan Pablo Gugliotta
Nathalia Videla Peña
Omar Zúñiga Hidalgo
StarringAline Kuppenheim
Nicolás Sepúlveda
Hugo Medina
Alejandro Goic
Carmen Gloria Martínez
Antonia Zegers
Marcial Tagle
CinematographyYarará Rodríguez
Edited byCamila Mercadal
Music byMariá Portugal
Production
companies
Cinestación
Magma Cine (Argentina)
Wood Producciones S.A
Release dates
May 26, 2022 (Cannes)
October 20, 2022 (Chile)
Running time
95 minutes
CountriesChile
Argentina
LanguageSpanish
Box office$549,926[1]

Plot

Carmen, a 50-year-old housewife from a middle-class family, enjoys a comfortable life in Santiago with her successful and respected doctor husband Miguel and their adult children. In the winter of 1976, three years after Augusto Pinochet seized power in Chile through a coup and established a military dictatorship, Carmen travels to her summer house to oversee renovation work and take some time for herself. While there, Father Sánchez, the priest of the small coastal town, asks for her help in caring for Elías, a young man who is part of the resistance against the dictator, has been wounded by a bullet, and has taken refuge with him. Because Carmen has medical knowledge and had once aspired to study medicine herself, and has also been involved in charitable projects in the church, she agrees to assist.[8][9][10][11]

Cast
  • Aline Kuppenheim as Carmen
  • Nicolás Sepúlveda as Elías
  • Hugo Medina as Father Sánchez
  • Alejandro Goic as Miguel
  • Carmen Gloria Martínez as Estela
  • Antonia Zegers as Raquel
  • Marcial Tagle as Osvaldo
  • Amalia Kassai as Leonor
  • Gabriel Urzúa as Tomás
  • Luis Cerda as Pedro
  • Ana Clara Delfino as Clara
  • Elena Delfino as Elenita
  • Mauricio Pesutic as Eugenio

Production

1976 was directed by Chilean filmmaker Manuela Martelli, who co-wrote the screenplay with Alejandra Moffat. Martelli had previously worked on the Chilean horror stop-motion animated film La casa lobo. With 1976, Martelli made her feature film directorial debut, while also having appeared in more than 15 films as an actress.[9]

The film is set in 1976, the year when Martelli's maternal grandmother passed away, and she wanted to explore the experiences that told the story of a different reality through family videos shot with a Super-8 camera.[12]

The lead role of the housewife Carmen is played by Aline Küppenheim, a Chilean theater, film, and television actress of French descent, considered one of the greatest performers in her home country. Küppenheim gained international recognition for her role in Sebastián Lelio's A Fantastic Woman. The film also stars Nicolás Sepúlveda, who plays the wounded man named Elías,[8][13] and Hugo Medina, who plays Padre Sánchez.

Filming took place in the summer of 2021, partly in Las Cruces, a holiday resort in the Chilean coastal town/municipality of El Tabo in the Valparaíso region. Yarará Rodríguez served as the cinematographer, while the film's score was composed by Brazilian jazz and improvisational musician Mariá Portugal.[14]

Release

1976 premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2022, where it was shown in the Directors' Fortnight section.[15] It was also screened at several other film festivals, including the Melbourne International Film Festival,[16] the San Sebastián International Film Festival,[17] the Hamburg Film Festival,[18] the Osnabrück Film Festival, the Chicago International Film Festival,[19][20] the Tokyo International Film Festival,[21] and the Palm Springs International Film Festival.[22] The film is scheduled to be shown at the Göteborg International Film Festival and as part of the New Directors/New Films series in early 2023.[23][24]

Reception

Critical response

According to the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, 1976 has a 91% approval rating based on 53 reviews from critics, with an average rating of 7.2/10. The site's consensus reads, "Chile '76 is an intriguing historical noir that radiographs Pinochet's patronizing and patriarchal society through the eyes of a steely bourgeoise woman who dares to take a stand".[25] On Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, the film holds a score of 78 out of 100 based on 18 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[26]

Accolades
Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
Ariel Awards 9 September 2023 Best Ibero-American Film 1976 Nominated [27]
Athens International Film Festival 7 April 2022 Best Film Nominated [28]
Best Director Manuela Martelli Won
Brussels International Film Festival 2 July 2022 Jury Prize 1976 Nominated [29]
Caleuche Awards 29 January 2023 Best Actress in a Film Aline Küppenheim Won [30]
Best Supporting Actor in a Film Hugo Medina Won
Nicolás Sepúlveda Nominated
Cannes Film Festival 28 May 2022 Caméra d'Or Manuela Martelli Nominated [31]
Goya Awards 11 February 2023 Best Ibero-American Film 1976 Nominated [32]
Jerusalem Film Festival 31 July 2022 Best International Debut Manuela Martelli Won [2]
Lima Film Festival 12 August 2022 Trophy Spondylus 1976 Nominated [33]
Best Actress Aline Kuppenheim Won [34]
Best Debut Manuela Martelli Won
APRECI Award for Best Film in Competition 1976 Won
London Film Festival 16 October 2022 Sutherland Award for Best First Feature Film Won [35]
Palm Springs International Film Festival 16 January 2023 Best Ibero-American Film Won [36]
Platino Awards 22 April 2023 Best First Feature Film Won [37]
Best Actress Aline Küppenheim Nominated
Best Screenplay Manuela Martelli, Alejandra Moffat Nominated
Best Art Direction Francisca Correa Nominated
Rolling Stone en Español Awards 26 October 2023 Fiction Feature Film of the Year 1976 Pending [38]
Direction of the Year Manuela Martelli Pending
Performance of the Year Aline Küppenheim Pending
San Sebastián International Film Festival 24 September 2022 Latin Horizons Award Manuela Martelli Nominated [39]
Tokyo International Film Festival 2 November 2022 Tokyo Grand Prix 1976 Nominated [40]
Best Actress Aline Küppenheim Won
Valdivia International Film Festival 16 October 2022 Best Chilean Feature Film 1976 Won [41]

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