Marking the 50th anniversary, this September 11, of the military coup against President Allende in Chile, this film screening forms part of the retrospective dedicated to Alfredo Castro, the internationally acclaimed Chilean actor whose work is essential to a deep exploration of the cruelty of the dictatorship led by Augusto Pinochet (1973-1989). Inspired by the French playwright Antonin Artaud, Castro has theorized the ‘third body,’ a key concept in the study of unknown and unconfessed human drives. In this retrospective, we privilege Castro’s close, decades-long collaboration with the Chilean director Pablo Larraín.

Series curated by Javier Guerrero (Princeton University) & Juana Suárez (New York University)

This Friday, we will screen Los perros / The Dogs (2017)
Director: Marcela Said
2017 / 94min / DC
Mariana (Antonia Zegers) is despised by her upper-class Chilean family. When she has an affair with her riding teacher and ex-colonel Juan (Alfredo Castro), the dalliance breaks down the invisible walls that protect her family from the past. Juan’s indictment and an attendant revelation change Mariana’s perception of her own father.

“Alfredo Castro’s magnificent interpretation hides an unspeakable secret that has shaped, as many others, the history of a country. With this impressive interpretation, Castro embodies an impermeable man capable of going to the tomb without regrets.”