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Angelina Vásquez

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Angelina Vásquez

Born May 12, 1950 · Chile (age 76)

Angelina Vásquez (born 1950) is a Chilean documentary filmmaker who was exiled to Finland following the 1973 Chilean coup but returned to film clandestinely during the Pinochet dictatorship in the early 1980s. Like Marilú Mallet in Canada and Valeria Sarmiento in France, she is notable as one of the first Chilean women film directors, emerging in the early 1970s but producing most of her work in …

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Gracias a la Vida (o la Pequeña Historia de una Mujer Maltratada)Gracias a la Vida (o la Pequeña Historia de una Mujer Maltratada) · 1980
Gracias a la Vida (o la Pequeña Historia de una Mujer Maltratada)
1980
MovieDrama
The story of a Chilean refugee, marked by imprisonment and torture, illustrates the tragedy suffered by victims of violence in Latin America during the years of dictatorship.
Fragmentos de un diario inacabadoFragmentos de un diario inacabado · 1983
Fragmentos de un diario inacabado
1983
MovieDocumentary
The diary of a trip - interrupted - of the director to Chile, made during the social explosion of the eighties: Expelled from the country after her semi-clandestine entry was discovered by the intelligence services, it was completed from a distance. It is one of the first returns from exile and a fundamental antecedent of the first-person documentary in Chile.
Crónica del salitreCrónica del salitre · 1971
Crónica del salitre
1971
MovieDocumentary
Story of the history of the workers' movement in the saltpeter offices of northern Chile. The voices of the workers are heard, with images of the mining sites.
Two Years in FinlandTwo Years in Finland · 1975
Two Years in Finland
1975
MovieDocumentary
Portrait of the Chilean community in Finland from the perspective of the director, a political exile after the 1973 coup d'état.
Presencia lejanaPresencia lejana · 1982
Presencia lejana
★ 10.01982
MovieDocumentaryCrime
A documentary about Finnish twin sisters, one of whom disappeared in Argentina in 1977.
Así nace un desaparecidoAsí nace un desaparecido · 1977
Así nace un desaparecido
1977
MovieAnimationDrama
Based on María Vesterinen's drawings, it tells the story of the kidnapping of men and women in Chile and the search for their missing relatives.

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