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The Frontier

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Original title

La frontera

Year

1991

Running time

115 min.

Country

Chile

Director

Ricardo Larraín

Screenwriter

Ricardo Larraín, Jorge Goldenberg

Cast

Music

Jaime de Aguirre

Cinematography

Hector Rios

Producer

Co-production Chile-Spain;

Cine XXI, Ion Films

Genre

Drama | Chilean Dictatorship

Synopsis

During Chile’s military dictatorship, school teacher Ramiro Orellana is sentenced to internal exile for questioning the disappearance of a colleague in this examination of dictatorship and military rule. La frontera is a desolate land inhabited by the world's castaways, who live lives of dreams and frustrations. He begins to find himself and to question his own personal frontiers. An outstanding first feature that received wide critical acclaim in Chile, this debut film of Chilean director Ricardo Larrain won the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival.

Awards: 1992: Berlin Film Festival: Silver Bear - Outstanding Single Archievement

1992: Havana Film Festival: Best Director, OCIC Award

1991: Goya Awards: Best Spanish Language Foreign Film

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The Frontier

1991

Ricardo Larraín

7.0

(437)