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Compañero Presidente (1971)

Compañero Presidente (1971)

Documentary
Release Date: 1971, May 3
Directors: Miguel Littín
Countries: Chile
Production: Chilefilms
Cast: Salvador Allende, Régis Debray

Overview:

On January 4, 1971, an extensive dialogue takes place between the president of Chile Salvador Allende and the French intellectual Regis Debray, a discussion about the Chilean process towards the installation of a socialist government. Filmed by a team from Chilefilms, a state-owned company dedicated to the production of audiovisual works, it is a unique testimony to Allende's thinking in the first year of his government.