Film Info
El diario de Agustín

Film Information

Exhibition Title	El diario de Agustín
English Title	Agustín’s Newspaper
Director	Ignacio Agüero
Country
Year	2008
Format	DM
Colour	Color
Duration	80'

Cast:

Arturo Fontaine, Manuel Antonio Garretón, John Dinges, Raquel Correa, Álvaro Puga

Credits:

PE: Ignacio Agüero
G: Ignacio Agüero, Fernando Villagrán
F: Gabriel Díaz, Ricardo Lorca
E: Sophie França
S: Filmosonido
M: Giorgio Varas, Claudio López
P: Ignacio Agüero, Fernando Villagrán
CP: Ignacio Agüero & Asoc., Amazonia Films

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Synopsis

Who is Agustín Edwards really? And how did his newspaper El Mercurio became a political agent behind the overthrowing of Salvador Allende’s government and the following rise of Augusto Pinochet’s military dictatorship? Ignacio Agüero poses the question and follows a group of students and researchers from the University of Chile in order to unravel the mystery. El Mercurio has been the most influential and powerful newspaper throughout the history of Chile. Its role during Pinochet’s dictatorship may very well be the most taboo subject in recent Chilean history. Agustín’s Newspaper reveals how the newspaper misinformed, concealed information, and promoted the violation of human rights, in a sort of pending trial for which the film summons agents of the dictatorship, the newspaper directors and journalists, victims of repression, their families and lawyers. And that makes this an imperious film.

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