Actas de Marusia (1975)
Directed by Miguel Littín
Genres - Drama |
Sub-Genres - Political Drama |
Release Date - Jul 1, 1985 (USA - Unknown) |
Run Time - 115 min. |
Countries - Mexico |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
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.
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against-all-odds, destruction, massacre, mine, oppression, striker