Movie

Neruda

2016 · 108 min

A wry, literary cat-and-mouse game that blurs history and fiction, asking patience as it drifts between pursuit and introspection.

Tagline: A renowned poet. An unknown inspector. A legendary manhunt.
Overview: It’s 1948 and the Cold War has arrived in Chile. In the Congress, prominent Communist Senator and popular poet Pablo Neruda accuses the government of betraying the Party and is stripped of his parliamentary immunity by President González Videla. The Chief of Investigative Police instructs inspector Óscar Peluchonneau to arrest the poet. Neruda tries to escape from the country with his wife, the painter Delia del Carril, but they are forced to go underground.
How it feels: Satirical, melancholic, tense and whimsical. Measured and demanding.
About: Identity, obsession, power, politics
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: satiricalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
obsession
power
politics
memory
Places: countryside
big city
wilderness
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild