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Director(s):
FILMS D'ICI (LES), VAN WAEREBEKE (DENIS)
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Producer(s):
ARTE FRANCE
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Territories:
Worldwide.
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Production year:
2020
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Language(s):
German, French
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Rights:
TV, DVD, NON-THEATRICAL, INTERNET, VOD
Before the attacks of 2001 took its place, September 11 was associated with another global event: that of the overthrow of the socialist government of Popular Unity by the Chilean armed forces, supported by the American secret service, in 1973.
The images of President Allende in the custody of his bodyguards, looking haggard, a few hours before he was driven to suicide, have had a global impact. The initial astonishment was transformed, in several European countries including France, into a lasting political and citizen mobilization that went far beyond the intellectual and militant left.
How did the fate of this small country of 9 million inhabitants end up concerning international left-wing opinion to such an extent ?