Alejandro Areal Vélez

After the 1973 coup, thousands of Chileans emigrated to East Germany. Some collaborated with the DEFA film company on more than 50 films. These films address, both personally and collectively, that turbulent period of political violence and exile. These films remain almost unknown until now.

San Martín's exile is crossed by the melancholic idea of ​​return. A return that will never materialize. Distance, absence, remoteness. Are these founding traits of the Argentine soul? The Father of the Country who finally leaves, for better and for worse, his distant children alone.

After the 1973 coup, thousands of Chileans emigrated to East Germany. Some collaborated with the DEFA film company on more than 50 films. These films address, both personally and collectively, that turbulent period of political violence and exile. These films remain almost unknown until now.

San Martín's exile is crossed by the melancholic idea of ​​return. A return that will never materialize. Distance, absence, remoteness. Are these founding traits of the Argentine soul? The Father of the Country who finally leaves, for better and for worse, his distant children alone.

San Martín's exile is crossed by the melancholic idea of ​​return. A return that will never materialize. Distance, absence, remoteness. Are these founding traits of the Argentine soul? The Father of the Country who finally leaves, for better and for worse, his distant children alone.

San Martín's exile is crossed by the melancholic idea of ​​return. A return that will never materialize. Distance, absence, remoteness. Are these founding traits of the Argentine soul? The Father of the Country who finally leaves, for better and for worse, his distant children alone.