Chile Under Pinochet

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Introduction


The film isn’t just about a Latin American family but about a man, Esteban

Trueba. The film revolves around his loves, beliefs, politics and how all these themes

come into doubt or have to be reanalyzed. The film follows Trueba, through his trials in

life, his accomplishments and at the end how he comes to terms with all that has

happened. The film also does a good job at reflecting the issue of the class structure and

the huge gap between the landowners and the poor which we read in the book. It also

does a good job at visually illustrating the mind set and rigid mentality of the powerful.

Chile

The film taught me how Chile was no different or for that matter is no different

then other societies in several aspects. In the film we see a young Trueba courting Rosa

and promising to become rich in order to gain the parents approval. This seems to be a

request that all parents, in all societies, of a higher social standing make to potential

husbands of there daughter’s. Another theme which is still around today is your daughter

marrying someone of a lower social level or who doesn’t seem fit to court her. This

would bring shame to a family and perhaps lower there standing in people’s eyes, as in

the film when Blanca wanted to marry Pedro, the poor laborer. A theme which is very

visible today everywhere and was visible throughout the film is how the rich believed

they were better then the workers. The film demonstrates how in Chile just like

everywhere else, your social standing in society is extremely important. The character of

a man is unimportant, what is important is his social standing and the name he carries. In

the film Trueba tries to arrange a marriage between his daughter and a wealthy man who

she didn’t love. He did this so that she wouldn’t marry a rebel, not only a rebel but a poor

rebel. This is ...