THE CHILEAN
synopsis
1976. Amid mining protests in Chile, Aldo, a militant skilled in explosives, is forced into exile. He leaves his wife and newborn behind to survive on menial jobs in Turin. Everything changes when he meets Luciana, a doctor tied to anarchist groups, who offers him the chance to reunite with his family. In exchange, he must return to his old trade: making bombs for revolutionary groups.
| international title: | The Chilean |
| original title: | Il Cileno |
| country: | Italy, Chile, Switzerland |
| sales agent: | Fandango |
| year: | 2026 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Sergio Castro San Martín |
| film run: | 99' |
| release date: | IT 27/08/2026 |
| screenplay: | Sergio Castro San Martín |
| cast: | Camilo Arancibia, Sara Serraiocco, Andrew Bargsted, Gaetano Bruno, Lorenzo Richelmy |
| cinematography by: | Simon Guy Fässler |
| film editing: | Valeria Hernández, Caterina Mona |
| art director: | Marco Ascanio Viarigi |
| costumes designer: | Silvia Nebiolo |
| music: | Zeno Gabaglio |
| producer: | Alessandro Amato, Luigi Chimienti, Pablo Calisto, Tomás Alzamora Muñoz, Michela Pini |
| associate producer: | Daniele Segre, Daniele De Cicco |
| line producer: | Danilo Goglio |
| production: | dispàrte, Cinédokké, RSI - Radiotelevisione Svizzera di Lingua Italiana, SRG SSR, EQUECO (CL) |
| distributor: | Fandango Distribuzione, Cineworx Gmbh |
















