On September 11, 1973, Salvador Allende made his last public speech as President of the Republic of Chile. A few minutes later, he killed himself in a Presidential palace under attack so as not to surrender to Augusto Pinochet's forces, who then established a dictatorship that would last seventeen years. That is the historical truth. But the company La Re-sentida doesn't stop there. What if Salvador Allende had had at his disposal a team of modern communication experts? Would have things been different, would he have had to act differently? If the Popular Unity coalition were to rise again tomorrow, would its foundation be more solid? By looking at the various potential paths history didn't follow, at what might have been, Marco Layera and his team try to let go of the idealised figure of Allende as a pacifist revolutionary. For once putting aside the admiration they have for him, the members of La Re-Sentida balance the action of the Popular Unity coalition against the effects of the terrible years that followed. Roughing up Chile's mythical leader a bit could allow those young artists born after 1975 to see through the current system more clearly and to let go of the nostalgia they inherited. In order to invent a system for today, which obviously cannot be the communist dream of the '70s, La-Resentida topple, with dark humour and cruelty, the all too often Manichean classification of the best and worst years in the history of Chile.
Distribution
Direction Marco Layera
Text La Re-sentida
Scenography Pablo de la Fuente
Video Karl-Heinz Sateler
Music Marcello Martínez
Light Cristian Reyes
Sound Alonso Orrego
Voice coach Ema Pinto
Physical coach Paula Sacur and Felipe Vera
Production Nicolás Herrera
With
Diego Acuña Ministre de la culture
Benjamín Cortés Ministre de l'économie
Carolina de la Maza Ministre de la santé
Pedro Muñoz Ministre des travaux publics
Carolina Palacios Ministre des finances
Rodolfo Pulgar Président de la République
Sebastián Squella Cirilo
Benjamín Westfall Ministre de l'intérieur
Matteo Vernerey Roberto
Production
Production La Re-sentida
Coproduction Fundación Teatro a Mil (Chili) et Terni Festival (Italie)
WIth the support of Fondation BNP Paribas
With the help of Onda