by Hal Erickson
synopsis
Originally Actas De Marusia, this Mexican film re-creates a dark chapter in the history of Chile. The scene is a small Chilean mining town in 1907. Suffering under the despotic rule of the British mine owners, the workers stage a revolt. The government's solution is to utterly destroy the town rather than allow the rebellion to spread. Letters from Marusia was adapted from a novel by Patricio Manns, which in turn was based on eyewitness accounts of the 1907 massacre.
characteristics
- Oppression
- Picket
- Strike
- Mining
- Mine
- Annihilation
- Destruction
- Massacre
- Against-all-odds