“Santa Esperanza” is a Soviet film by Chilean director Sebastian Alarcon , released in 1979. The plot is inspired by the life story of prisoners at the concentration camp , created in Chile in 1973, shortly after the coup d'etat carried out by Augusto Pinochet [1] . The film continues the theme of the movie “ Night over Chile ” (1977), the debut Alarkon full-length film, jointly with Alexander Kosarev , this time for the first time single-handedly directed [2] [3] .
| Santa Esperanza | |
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| Genre | |
| Producer | Sebastian Alarcon |
| Author script | Sebastian Alarcon , Vladimir Amlinsky |
| Operator | Vadim Alisov |
| Composer | |
| Film company | Mosfilm, Fourth Creative Association |
| A country |  the USSR |
| Tongue | and |
| Year | 1979 |
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Content
Story
A junta has created a concentration camp for political prisoners “Santa Esperanza” (from the Spanish - “Holy Hope”) on the site of an abandoned working village located in the desert at the foot of the Andes in an unnamed South American country. The 120 people contained in it have very different outlooks on life, but in order to escape from it or at least let them know about their existence in this refuge completely cut off from the outside world, they are forced to unite. This, in particular, is facilitated in every way by Felicindo ( Noreika ), who has been appointed a senior in the barracks, trying to apply knowledge about the terrain of the elderly Don Lorenzo ( Kadochnikov ), who has lived in that village almost all his life.
Two escape attempts fail, but in the end, the prisoners manage to seize the moment and gain access to the radio station, which makes it possible for Felicindo to inform the underground organization in which he was a member of the existence of the camp. But despite this, the efforts are in vain: the rioters in the building of the radio station die during the assault on the camp’s garrison by the soldiers, the uprising is crushed, and the surviving prisoners are transferred to another camp, leaving Santa Esperanza empty again.
Cast
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Making a movie
Intentions to make a film about the camp of political prisoners “Santa Esperanza”, similar to the real camps organized in Chile, Sebastian Alarcon voiced in early 1977 [9] . According to Alarkon, when working on the script for the film, together with Vladimir Amlinsky, they used a large documentary base, in addition, Alarcon repeatedly consulted with representatives of the Chilean anti-fascist movement (including Luis Corvalan ), who had their own experience in camps like the one described in the film [3] .
The picture was shot in 1978 in the mountains near Koktebel [10] .
The film was the first major cinematic work of stuntman Alexander Inshakov , who took part in its creation as both an artist and a stunt director at the invitation of the Soviet popularizer of karate Alexei Shturmin [11] [12] . According to Inshakov, his subsequent film career was greatly facilitated by his acquaintance on the set of "Santa Esperanza" with assistant to the actors Galina Babicheva [13] .
Critical Reaction
The picture is called among other Chilean films of the same period, which, together with the critics, demonstrate a rare development of national cinema in conditions of almost complete movement of film production abroad [14] [15] .
Rewards
The film was awarded an honorary diploma of the VIII International Festival of Films on Freedom and Revolution in the Yugoslav city of [16] .
Notes
- ↑ Mouesca, Jacqueline. Sebastián Alarcón // Diccionario del Cine Iberoamericano. - Madrid: SGAE , 2011 .-- ISBN 9788480488228 .
- ↑ Baskakov V. E. The struggling screen // In the rhythm of time: Cinematic process today. - M .: Art , 1982. - S. 203. - 335 p.
- ↑ 1 2 Savitsky N.V. Active Search // The Art of Cinema . - 1981. - No. 2 . - S. 152-153 . - ISSN 0130-6405 .
- ↑ Borislav Brondukov on the site "Encyclopedia of Russian Cinema"
- ↑ Pavel Kadochnikov on the site "Encyclopedia of Russian Cinema"
- ↑ Evgeny Leonov-Gladyshev on the site "Encyclopedia of Russian Cinema"
- ↑ Hurry up to see: “Outskirts-VIII” will please you? . Our Ryazan (December 19, 2010). Date of treatment December 22, 2016.
- ↑ Anokhina, Julia. Actress Tarkovsky // The Art of Cinema . - April 2013. - No. 4 . - ISSN 0130-6405 .
- ↑ Alarcon, Sebastian . // Latin America . - Science , 1977 .-- S. 176 . - ISSN 0044-748X . [ specify link ]
- ↑ Terekhova M. B. From the first lips ... / Ed. M.S. Vorobyeva. - M .: Eterna, 2013 .-- 256 p. - ISBN 978-5-48000-316-1 . [ page not specified 990 days ]
- ↑ Ryabinin, Vadim. The godfather of the "Brigade" // Moscow Komsomolets . - February 15, 1999. - No. 149 . - ISSN 1562-1987 .
- ↑ Popov, Dmitry. The price of risk // Autopilot. - Publishing House Kommersant , February 1997. - No. 2 .
- ↑ Kuzmin, Yuri. Alexander INSHAKOV: now I have three things to do - cinema, sport and cynology // Boss. - Profi-Press, 2012. - No. 2 .
- ↑ Screen. 1979-1980. - M .: Art , 1982. - S. 180. [ specify link ]
- ↑ Chilean cinematography // Cinema: Encyclopedic Dictionary / Ch. ed. S. I. Yutkevich ; Redkol. Yu. S. Afanasyev, V.E. Baskakov , I.V. Weissfeld , etc. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1987. - P. 488. - 640 p. - 100,000 copies.
- ↑ Soviet films - laureates of international film festivals // Screen. 1979-1980. - M .: Art , 1982. - S. 255.
Literature
- Novikov L. The struggle born of hope // Soviet culture . - December 23, 1980 .-- S. 4 .
- Kalescuks, Jurijs. Recollection of the song of past years (Latvian) = Atmipas par pagâjuso gadu dziesmu // Kino. - 1980. - Num. 11 . - L. 10-11 .
- Klady, Leonard. Santa Esperanza [Review] // Variety . - 15 September 1980. - ISSN 0042-2738 .
- Skirgaila, Vygandas. Fight and conquer (lit.) // Tiesa . - January 30, 1981.
Links
- "Santa Esperanza" on the site "Encyclopedia of Russian Cinema"
- Ponce, Francisco. Realización del chileno Sebastián Alarcón (Spanish) . 28 de junio de 1980). Date of treatment December 12, 2016.