2022
Icarus Films
1 h 23 m

2022
Icarus Films
1 h 23 m

Summary One day, without warning, a revolution exploded. It was the event that master documentarian Patricio Guzmán had been waiting for all his life: a million and a half people in the streets of Santiago, Chile, demanding justice, education, health care, and a new constitution to replace the strident rules imposed on the country during the Pin...

Documentary

Directed By: Patricio Guzmán

Written By: Patricio Guzmán

2022
Icarus Films
1 h 23 m

2022
Icarus Films
1 h 23 m

My Imaginary Country

Name: My Imaginary Country
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2022-09-23
Duration: 1 min 23 s
Rating: 86

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Directed By: Patricio Guzmán

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TheWrap

Sep 29, 2022

My Imaginary Country is as much about the causes, participants and outcomes of a collective awakening in search of a more promising future as it is about an artist allowing himself to feel hope for a homeland that has forever been the focus of his artistic preoccupations.

By Carlos Aguilar FULL REVIEW

Film Threat

Sep 26, 2022

Guzmán’s skills as a documentarian have not eroded one bit. His soft narration reminds one of Werner Herzog sans his, at times, metaphysical excesses. The director captures incredible footage of the protests as a functioning organism, a sublime wave of furious power.

By Ray Lobo FULL REVIEW

Screen Daily

Sep 23, 2022

Guzman’s heart and soul investment in the film and the snapshots of people power in action make for an emotional and involving documentary.

By Allan Hunter FULL REVIEW

The Playlist

Sep 23, 2022

As newly-elected president Gabriel Boric takes the stage to address the nation that placed upon him precious trust, it is hard not to be moved by the electric rawness of hope.

By Rafaela Sales Ross FULL REVIEW

Little White Lies

Jun 8, 2023

All the ingredients here are invaluable, and the film’s vision comes alive with a real sense of hope about the soul of Chile and its thirst for change that’s palpable, not imaginary.

By Marina Ashioti FULL REVIEW

Variety

Sep 23, 2022

While in formal terms it’s more of a standard, reportage-based doc than any of his recent essays, it is also the rarest of projects: one in which a venerated member of an older generation of political activists communicates a fervent admiration for his younger counterparts and a deep, grateful optimism for the future they are building.

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Slant Magazine

Sep 23, 2022

By the end of My Imaginary Country, Guzmán has still not moved past the trauma of history. Nor, he suggests, has Chile. Not yet. But he does leave open the possibility of a future not beholden to that trauma and a nation that might now be able to write a new history for itself.

By Chris Barsanti FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Atacama Productions, Arte France Cinéma, Market Chile, La Région Île-de-France, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), MEDIA Programme of the European Union

Release Date Sep 23, 2022

Duration 1 h 23 m

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Website https://icarusfilms.com/if-imagin

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Jerusalem Film Festival

• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

Cannes Film Festival

• 1 Nomination

San Sebastián International Film Festival

• 1 Nomination

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