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Neruda

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

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.

Top Cast

  • Gael García Bernal

    Gael García Bernal

    Oscar Peluchoneau

  • Luis Gnecco

    Luis Gnecco

    Pablo Neruda

  • Mercedes Morán

    Mercedes Morán

    Delia del Carril

  • Emilio Gutiérrez Caba

    Emilio Gutiérrez Caba

    Picasso

  • Diego Muñoz

    Diego Muñoz

    Martínez

  • Alejandro Goic

    Alejandro Goic

    Jorge Bellet

  • Pablo Derqui

    Pablo Derqui

    Victor Pey

  • Marcelo Alonso

    Marcelo Alonso

    Pepe Rodríguez

  • Michael Silva

    Michael Silva

    Álvaro Jara

Overview

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.

Rating

6.3 / 10
279 Reviews
1 Popular

1 Reviews

  • Reno
    Reno
    6 Nov 29, 2017

    **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**

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