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Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.


“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.

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

Pablo Derqui
Victor Pey

Marcelo Alonso
Pepe Rodríguez

Michael Silva
Álvaro Jara

Francisco Reyes
Bianchi
Neruda is a drama film released in 2016 exploring themes of biography, neruda. Directed by Pablo Larraín, it stars Gael García Bernal, Luis Gnecco, Mercedes Morán. 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.
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