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Wall Street Journal
01-07-2025
- Politics
- Wall Street Journal
‘Chile in Their Hearts' Review: The Perils of Activism
The events of 1973 in Chile—the violent military overthrow of Salvador Allende, the country's elected Marxist president, and the establishment of a 17-year dictatorship under Gen. Augusto Pinochet—rank among the 20th century's great political dramas. For the political left, the wound opened in Santiago 52 years ago still stings, inflamed by anger at the U.S. for trying to destabilize the Allende government before the coup and supporting Pinochet afterward. A subplot involves Charles Horman and Frank Teruggi, two young Americans who came south to experience the revolution-by-election known as 'the Chilean process.' Soldiers arrested and murdered Horman and Teruggi, then 31 and 24 respectively, shortly after the coup. Many on the left have long believed that pro-coup U.S. officials were complicit in their deaths. That suspicion reached the wider public via the Oscar-winning 1982 film 'Missing,' directed and co-written by Costa-Gavras, the Greek-French auteur. In the picture, Horman's father, played by Jack Lemmon, goes to Santiago in search of his son, only to realize that his son has been killed and that American diplomats are stonewalling him. The film strongly implies that Horman, a freelance journalist, had discovered U.S. involvement in the coup and had to be killed lest he report it. In 'Chile in Their Hearts,' John Dinges—a longtime reporter on Latin America for the Washington Post and other news organizations—renders his verdict on the U.S. role: a definitive 'not guilty.'
Jordan Times
29-01-2025
- Entertainment
- Jordan Times
'Monte-Cristo', 'Emelia Perez' frontrunners at France's Cesar film awards
Greek director Costa Gavras poses to promote the film 'Le Dernier Souffle' (The last breath) during the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival in the northern Spanish Basque city of San Sebastian on September 25, 2024 (AFP photo) PARIS — Home-made hit "Monte Cristo" topped the nominations released Wednesday for the Cesars, France's version of the Oscars, followed closely by international awards season frontrunner "Emelia Perez". "Monte Cristo", a high-budget French adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' epic novel "The Count of Monte Cristo", was the second most-watched film in French cinemas last year and leads the Cesars nominations with 14. Lead actor Pierre Niney is the frontrunner in the best actor category, but faces competition from Francois Civil who starred in the surprise French comedy hit of the year, "Un p'tit truc en plus" ("A Little Something Extra"). The film about a father and son who go to work in a holiday camp for people with disabilities topped the French 2024 box office and picked up 13 nominations. "Emilia Perez", directed by Frenchman Jacques Audiard and the most-nominated film for the Oscars, was picked in 12 categories for the Cesars, including best film and best director. The surreal musical odyssey about a narco boss who transitions to life as a woman shattered the record for the most Academy Award nominations for a non-English-language film last week with 13 Oscar nominations. It was also the second-most nominated film for Britain's BAFTA awards, according to the shortlist unveiled on January 15, behind Vatican thriller "Conclave". The Cesars will be handed out in Paris on February 28 marking the 50th anniversary of the awards. Winners are picked by the 4,951 members of the Cesars academy.
