The movie "Allende en su laberinto" directed by Miguel Littin, the main subject is that there is a dispute between United States and Chile and the taking over of the President's Palace. The director, Miguel Littin, is a Chilean film director, screenwriter, and a novelist. He created this movie because it relates to his background. Back when he was young he was exiled in Mexico after the military coup in Chile took over, which ousted President Salvador Allende back in September 11, 1973. So with this memory he wanted to create a movie that captured that day which changed his life and other Chilean people. He is a renowned director that created many famous films but this film was not one of them. It made America look bad and there was not much history behind this event. The history part of it was that Allende was a socialist and America didn't want a person in office that helped Russia with the idea of communism in the Cold War. The main points in this film was that President Allende got word that the military is going against Chile and siding with the US. They want the President dead and to do that is to storm the president's palace. Allende and his men defended it as long as they could and refused to give up even them knowing they will probably all die if they keep resisting. Many people come and go in this film and stand by Allende and his men. In the end the palace is breached and the president is dead. The final scene is the original footage of the palace burning down. One thing that left the audience wondering was how did he die. Did he get shot by the military? Did he commit suicide? (Spoilers) The film just ends with him on the floor dead and the audience has to guess. The reasons on why the military is doing what they are doing is right in the beginning because Allende describes the situation and blames Nixon. The director is biased in this situation because he is from Chile and even if this was made in the US. it would come from the Americans side. This time it is from the Chilean side which makes the event look 100 times worse than it is. People for sure have to look up the history behind this film because if not, they will question why this is all happening and hate the people and countries that were involved in it. This film builds up the pride that the Chilean people have and showing that they don't give up like in one scene when the President is yelling he won't give up.
The movie is classified as a historical film, but there are some things they did good and bad. The director showed the bombing which happened and the whole movie is the military trying to invade the palace. But, some things are not correct. The film didn't show Allende killing himself. It was confirmed that he shot himself in the event back in 1973. Also, the boy that died in Allende's arms was made up for the purpose of the story. This moves into the special effects, performance, and the time period and the setting. The special effects were horrible. There were bombs going off and none of the windows were breaking even though they had glass breaking. Also, there was just random fire in spots and no one cared that it was there. There was one scene when the kid dies in the arms of Allende and the audience wondered where the bullet came from because the room was secured. The performance of the actors was really good. The guy who played Allende was okay and there was some cheesy parts to the acting. The setting and the props were on point because they didn't show any cell phones and had landlines and old school recorders. The scenes and the directing style was good, they showed the last part with Allende in the hall at the beginning and they showed what lead up to that. Therefore, the movie "Allende" was okay, but not the best move that he made. It was on the low scale for special effects and the history.
The movie is classified as a historical film, but there are some things they did good and bad. The director showed the bombing which happened and the whole movie is the military trying to invade the palace. But, some things are not correct. The film didn't show Allende killing himself. It was confirmed that he shot himself in the event back in 1973. Also, the boy that died in Allende's arms was made up for the purpose of the story. This moves into the special effects, performance, and the time period and the setting. The special effects were horrible. There were bombs going off and none of the windows were breaking even though they had glass breaking. Also, there was just random fire in spots and no one cared that it was there. There was one scene when the kid dies in the arms of Allende and the audience wondered where the bullet came from because the room was secured. The performance of the actors was really good. The guy who played Allende was okay and there was some cheesy parts to the acting. The setting and the props were on point because they didn't show any cell phones and had landlines and old school recorders. The scenes and the directing style was good, they showed the last part with Allende in the hall at the beginning and they showed what lead up to that. Therefore, the movie "Allende" was okay, but not the best move that he made. It was on the low scale for special effects and the history.