ICTUS

A group of college students gradually disappear, with no explanation.

During a protest, French priest André Jarlan was shot and killed on September 4, 1984, in the La Victoria neighborhood of Santiago. The residents arrived on foot to the Cathedral demanding justice, also offering a testimony of love and solidarity with their pastor. In parallel, the documentary tells the story of the 1957 occupation that gave rise to the town. It also reveals the strong organization of the residents, essential in addressing the economic hardship and repression suffered by one of the main popular bastions of opposition to the military dictatorship. Pierre Dubois, the parish priest of La Victoria, played a leading role in the attempt to stop the violence against the residents of the town. In recognition of his work, he was granted Chilean nationality in 2001.

A middle-class public employee becomes obsessed with the investment alternatives offered by the neo-liberal economic model that Chile has implemented in the late 1970s. Years later he shall face the consequences.of his past decisions.

The contrast of the parallel lives of two women personified in a single actress (Delfina Guzmán). Despite the radical differences between their lives, they are intimately connected to each other. Candelaria is a vagabond in Parque Forestal, crazy but happy. In contrast, in a comfortable and luxurious apartment, lives Laura, who is harassed by the greed of her children and her lover, who will not rest until they strip her of her fortune and expel her from the country.

A family obsessed with their recent acquisition of a huge color television, postpones the health of one of their daughters. While they worry about locating the device in their tiny home, the daughter's condition worsens and the attention of her illness is delayed until the end of the TV payment.

Portrait of the new face that the center of Santiago acquired during the 80s. The Ahumada walk along with the social and survival demonstrations that converge there. The coexistence of street vendors, preachers, executives, unemployed people from the show who set up an "office" to engage in new jobs, alternates with flippers, topless and cafes that forever changed the heart of the city.

Olguita and Osvaldo are planning to get married, but she imposes only one condition for this to happen: she must own at least one property from his,regardless of its worth.