Francesc Relea

Poirot, the Last Witness portrays Chilean photographer Luis Poirot (Santiago, 1940) as he opens his largely unpublished archive for the first time. Witness to key moments in Chile and Spain, from the Popular Unity (Unidad Popular) until now, we see him in action, in conversation, and in portrait sessions alongside figures such as Joan Manuel Serrat, Isabel Allende, and Pablo Larraín.

Joan Manuel Serrat fled to Mexico when Franco ordered his persecution. In Argentina and Chile, his commitment against military regimes is still remembered. Joaquín Sabina arrived later. His poetry bewitched the audience. In Argentina, he is a tango singer as much as a rocker; in Mexico, the mariachis sing their songs. The former is a symbol, a venerated figure; the latter is a “cuate,” as they say in Mexico, a buddy with whom you can always count.