Film

The Witnesses

1971 · 1h 17m · Drama

IMDb

7.0

This stark Chilean melodrama concerns itself with the plight of slum dwellers living outside Santiago. For many years they have, with great difficulty, been faithfully paying small sums to a real estate man. This man has said that by doing so they can obtain title to the miniscule plots of land their houses stand on. In fact, he has been swindling them and does not even own the land he has been "selling." One of the aggrieved slum dwellers confronts him about this while he is visiting the slum, and the real estate agent shoots him before everyone's eyes. The question confronting these witnesses is whether testifying against this monster will make their lives even more precarious.

Nelson Villagra

Ramon

Jaime Vadell

Domingo

Mireya Kulczewsky

Emilia

Marcelo Gaete

Luis Alarcón

Tennyson Ferrada

Leonardo Perucci

Rafael Benavente

Elena Moreno

Marcelo Romo

Mario Montilles

Mario Rebolledo

Gloria Canales

Rodolfo Martinez

Maria Valle

Pepe Romeu

• Charles ElsesserDirector · Screenplay
• Guillermo SáezNovel · Screenplay
• Juan LloretProducer
• Luis CornejoExecutive Producer
• Leuten RojasExecutive Producer
• Baldomero OlivaExecutive Producer
• Héctor RíosDirector of Photography
• Rudolfo WedelesEditor

Release date

June 21, 1971

Status

Released

Original language

Spanish

Runtime

1h 17m

Genres

Drama