Pacífico Films

Irene, a theater enthusiast and devoted admirer of artist Paula Rego, moves between a yearning to know and the fear of what she might uncover. Through Rego’s haunting work, she finds a doorway into her father’s past. In an imagined dialogue with the dead, she seeks out Emilio — a retired soldier she suspects may have carried the weight of unspeakable acts.

This documentary follows the 1970 Chilean elections, which resulted in the election of Salvador Allende. The footage reveals the political and social divisions in a country plagued by poverty, malnutrition, and homelessness. Allende, newly elected, reflects on his future government and his subsequent assassination. One could say that this footage became a chilling and prophetic chronicle of a death foretold.