Why didn't you say so before?
-What have you got to fight against the tanks?
"Il pleut sur Santiago' is an interesting work because it remains eminently watchable,very accessible .Let's put it straight:Helvio Soto's biggest mistake is to have cast stars : Bibi Andersson,Annie Girardot,Bernard Fresson,Jean-Louis Trintignant,Nicole Calfan do nothing more than walk-on parts.Laurent Terzieff and Riccardo Cucciola have more substantial parts,but the best scenes are those which include the masses .
Helvio Soto's screenplay passes nothing over in silence: butchered democracy and so-called suicide of Allende , American intervention,copper mines and economic interests , travesties of trial,tortures and murders.He even shows some military men who refuse to obey and a deserter is executed with the "Marxist" .
The political movies were very trendy in France of the seventies:but because those events were recent when the movie was made,"il pleut...." has worn well enough.
“Nobody can be a witness without a memory. Chile taught me so much. “11th Sep. 1973 Santiago and Easter Island were raining. 因为知道这段历史,最令我震撼的镜头是炮轰总统府时,一边是一群智利资产阶级在总统府旁边的酒店香槟狂欢庆祝阿连德政府倒台;另一边法国记者和半个世界热切关注并愤恨不平。