It's Raining on Santiago () is a 1975 French-Bulgarian drama film directed by

Helvio Soto Helvio Ricarte Soto Soto (February 21, 1930 – November 29, 2001) was a Chilean filmmaker, regarded as one of the most important figures in Chilean cinema during the mid-1960s and 1970s. He was also the father of prominent Chilean journalist Ri ...

, detailing the

1973 Chilean coup d'etat Events January * January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 14 - The 16-0 19 ...

. The title is a

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the

Chilean military The Chilean Armed Forces () is the unified military organization comprising the Chilean Army, Air Force, and Navy. The President of Chile is the commander-in-chief of the military, and formulates policy through the Minister of Defence. In recent ...

had broadcast to signal the start of the coup.

Cast

Annie Girardot Annie Suzanne Girardot (25 October 193128 February 2011) was a French actress. She often played strong-willed, independent, hard-working, and often lonely women, imbuing her characters with an earthiness and reality that endeared her to women un ...

as Maria Olivares *

Jean-Louis Trintignant Jean-Louis Xavier Trintignant (; 11 December 1930 – 17 June 2022) was a French actor. He made his theatrical debut in 1951, and went on to be regarded as one of the best French dramatic actors of the post-World War II, war era. He starred in m ...

as Le sénateur *

Bibi Andersson Berit Elisabet Andersson (11 November 1935 – 14 April 2019), known professionally as Bibi Andersson (), was a Swedish actress who was best known for her frequent collaborations with filmmaker Ingmar Bergman. Early life and career Andersson ...

as Monique Calvé * Naicho Petrov as

Salvador Allende Salvador Guillermo Allende Gossens (26 June 1908 – 11 September 1973) was a Chilean socialist politician who served as the 28th president of Chile from 1970 until Death of Salvador Allende, his death in 1973 Chilean coup d'état, 1973. As a ...

* Henri Poirier as

Augusto Pinochet Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte (25 November 1915 – 10 December 2006) was a Chilean military officer and politician who was the dictator of Military dictatorship of Chile, Chile from 1973 to 1990. From 1973 to 1981, he was the leader ...

Bernard Fresson Bernard Fresson (27 May 1931 – 20 October 2002) was a French actor who primarily worked in film. Biography Born in Reims to a French baker, Fresson attended the Lycée privé Sainte-Geneviève, majoring in law. He studied in Tania Balachova ...

as Un ministre *

Nicole Calfan Nicole Calfan (born 4 March 1947) is a French actress and author. She was married to François Valéry and Michael Calfan is their son. Filmography Theater Author References External links * 1947 births Living people Actress ...

as La fille d'Allende *

Laurent Terzieff Laurent Terzieff (27 June 1935 – 2 July 2010) was a French actor and theatre director. Biography Terzieff was the son of French ceramist André Dussollier André Dussollier (born 17 February 1946) is a French actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the ...

as Hugo * John Abbey as CIA Agent *

Riccardo Cucciolla Riccardo Cucciolla (5 September 1924 – 17 September 1999) was an Italian actor and voice actor. He appeared in 60 films between 1953 and 1999. He won the Best Actor Award at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival for the film '' Sacco & Vanzetti' ...

as Olivares * Vera Dikova as La femme de Jorge *

Maurice Garrel Maurice Garrel (24 February 1923 – 4 June 2011) was a French film actor. Garrel was born in Saint-Servais, Isère. He appeared in over a hundred films and was nominated twice for a César Award for best supporting actor: in 1991 for ''La ...

as Jorge * Patricia Guzmán as L'étudiante *

Serge Marquand Serge Paul Gabriel Marquand (12 March 1930 – 4 September 2004) was a French actor. Biography Marquand was born in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. He was the brother of actor Christian Marquand and filmmaker Nadine Trintignant. He died of ac ...

as Général Leigh

References

External links

* * 1975 drama films 1975 films Drama films based on actual events 1970s multilingual films Bulgarian multilingual films French multilingual films Films about the Chilean military dictatorship Films scored by Astor Piazzolla {{Bulgaria-film-stub