''Letters from Marusia'' ( es, Actas de Marusia) is a 1975 Mexican film directed by
Chile
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an filmmaker
Miguel Littín
Miguel Ernesto Littin Cucumides (born 9 August 1942) is a Chilean film director, screenwriter, film producer and novelist
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. It was nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
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.
It was also entered into the
1976 Cannes Film Festival
The 29th Cannes Film Festival was held from 13 to 28 May 1976. The Palme d'Or went to ''Taxi Driver'' by Martin Scorsese. In 1976, "L'Air du temps", a new section which was non-competitive and focused on contemporary subjects, was introduced. This ...
.
The film is based on a
Patricio Manns
Iván Patricio Eugenio Manns de Folliot (3 August 1937 – 25 September 2021) was a Chilean singer, composer, author, poet, novelist, essayist, play writer and journalist. He is known for his 1965 song " Arriba en la Cordillera".
Life and car ...
novel (1974) inspired by the
Marusia massacre
The Marusia massacre ( es, Masacre de Marusia) (March, 1925) was the response of the Chilean government under president Arturo Alessandri to a strike by the workers of a saltpeter mine leading to over 500 dead, over ninety percent being strikers o ...
of 1925.
Cast
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Gian Maria Volonté
Gian Maria Volonté (9 April 1933 – 6 December 1994) was an Italian actor, including roles in four Spaghetti Western films: Ramón Rojo in Sergio Leone's ''A Fistful of Dollars'' (1964) and El Indio in Leone's ''For a Few Dollars More'' (196 ...
- Gregorio
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Diana Bracho - Luisa
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Claudio Obregón - Capt. Troncoso
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Eduardo López Rojas
Eduardo is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the male given name Edward. Another version is Duarte. It may refer to:
Association football
* Eduardo Bonvallet, Chilean football player and sports commentator
* Eduardo Carvalho, Portuguese footbal ...
- Domingo Soto
*
Patricia Reyes Spíndola
Patricia Verónica Núñez Reyes Spíndola (born 11 July 1953) is a Mexican actress, director, and producer. She has received four Ariel Awards, two for Best Actress (''Los Motivos de Luz'' in 1985 and '' The Queen of the Night'' in 1994), and ...
- Rosa
*
Salvador Sánchez
Salvador "Sal" Sánchez Narváez (January 26, 1959 – August 12, 1982) was a Mexican professional boxer born in the town of Santiago Tianguistenco, Estado de México. Sanchez was the WBC and ''The Ring featherweight champion from 1980 to 1 ...
- Sebastian
*
- Crisculo 'Medio Juan'
*
Arturo Beristáin Arturo is a Spanish and Italian variant of the name Arthur.
People
*Arturo Álvarez (footballer, born 1985), American-born Salvadoran footballer
*Arturo Álvarez (footballer, born 1959), Mexican footballer
*Arthuro Henrique Bernhardt (b. 1982), Bra ...
- Arturo
*
Silvia Mariscal
Silvia Mariscal (born Silvia Ramírez Aguilar on September 13, 1946, in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican actress. She appeared in the 2008 Mexican film ''Nora's Will
''Nora's Will'' ( es, Cinco días sin Nora, also released as ''Five Days Wi ...
- Margarita
*
Alejandro Parodi - Espinoza
* Patricio Castillo - Tte. Gaínza
See also
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References
External links
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1976 films
1976 drama films
Films scored by Mikis Theodorakis
Films about the labor movement
Films directed by Miguel Littín
Films set in 1907
Films set in Chile
Mexican historical drama films
Films about mining
1970s Spanish-language films
1970s Mexican films
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