Neruda (film)

{{Infobox film

| name = Neruda

| image = Neruda (film).png

| caption = Film poster

| director = Pablo Larraín

| producer = {{Plainlist|

Renan Artukmac
Peter Danner
Fernando Del Nido
Juan Pablo García
Axel Kuschevatzky
Juan de Dios Larraín
Ignacio Rey
Gaston Rothschild
Jeff Skoll
Alex Zito

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| writer = Guillermo Calderón

| starring = {{Plainlist|

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| music = Federico Jusid

| cinematography = Sergio Armstrong

| editing = Hervè Schneid

| studio = {{Plainlist|

AZ Films
Casting del Sur
Fábula
Funny Balloons
Participant Media
Reborn Production
Stembro Cine
Televisión Federal

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| distributor = {{Plainlist|

20th Century Fox {{Small|(Chile)}}
Buena Vista International {{Small|(Argentina)}}
Wild Bunch {{Small|(France)}}
Wanda Films {{Small|(Spain)}}
The Orchard {{Small|(United States)}}

}}

| released = {{Film date|2016|5|13|Cannes|2016|8|11|Chile|2016|9|23|Spain|2016|12|16|United States|2017|1|4|France|df=yes}}

| runtime = 107 minutes

| country = {{Plainlist|

Chile
Argentina
France
Spain{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/festivals/cannes-film-review-neruda-1201773713/ |work=Variety |date=13 May 2016 |access-date=9 January 2017 |author=Jay Weissberg |title=Film Review: 'Neruda'}}
United States{{cite web|title=Neruda (2016)|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/59ba3ca7a2046|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221054412/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/59ba3ca7a2046|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 February 2018|publisher=British Film Institute|access-date=31 March 2018}}

}}

| language = Spanish

| gross = $1.9 million{{cite web |url= https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=neruda.htm |title= Neruda |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=12 March 2017}}{{cite web|url= https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Neruda-(Chile)#tab=summary |title=Neruda |website=The Numbers |access-date=12 March 2017}}

}}

Neruda is a 2016 biographical drama film directed by Pablo Larraín. Mixing history and fiction, the film shows the dramatic events of the suppression of Communists in Chile in 1948 and how the poet, diplomat, politician and Nobel Prize winner Pablo Neruda had to go on the run, eventually escaping on horseback over the Andes.

Plot

In 1946, Chile's president Gabriel González Videla wins the election with the support of the Communists, but later turns against them, banning the party and ordering mass arrests. Senator Pablo Neruda, a former ambassador and renowned poet, speaks out against the repression, putting himself in danger. With his wife Delia, he attempts to flee to Argentina through the mountains, but they are turned back at the border and forced to go into hiding.

Óscar Peluchonneau, a young policeman, is tasked with hunting down Neruda. To catch him, Peluchonneau believes he needs to know him, so he studies Neruda's life and poetry. Meanwhile, Neruda makes surprise appearances, leaving volumes of his poetry with people to mobilize resistance. A game of cat and mouse ensues, with Peluchonneau always a step behind. When the hunt becomes too close, Neruda's friends arrange for smugglers to take him over the border on horseback.

Delia stays behind and is interrogated by Peluchonneau. She tells him that every story has a primary character, and in this story, the cop is secondary. This remark unnerves Peluchonneau, who is never certain of his inner identity. Delia destroys his confidence by saying that Neruda, with his poetry and political commitment, is reality and will endure, but Peluchonneau is merely a fiction.

As Neruda's group climbs through the wintry forests towards the border, Peluchonneau follows, but he cannot catch up. He dies on a snow-covered mountaintop, bludgeoned by his own indigenous companions. Neruda later finds his corpse. Peluchonneau's hold on reality has ended, and he has melted back into fiction. Neruda flies to Paris, where he is welcomed by his friend Pablo Picasso and becomes a media sensation. During a press conference, Neruda mentions Peluchonneau's name, allowing him to live on through memory.

Cast

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Luis Gnecco as Pablo Neruda
Gael García Bernal as Óscar Peluchonneau
Alfredo Castro as Gabriel González Videla
Mercedes Morán as Delia del Carril
Diego Muñoz as Martínez
Pablo Derqui as Víctor Pey
Michael Silva as Álvaro Jara
Jaime Vadell as Arturo Alessandri
Marcelo Alonso as Pepe Rodríguez
Francisco Reyes as Bianchi
Alejandro Goic as Jorge Bellett
Emilio Gutiérrez Caba as Pablo Picasso
Antonia Zegers
Héctor Noguera
Amparo Noguera
Ximena Rivas
Pablo Schwarz
Néstor Cantillana
Marcial Tagle
Cristián Campos
José Soza

Release

It was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.quinzaine-realisateurs.com/en/fortnight-2016/ |title=Fortnight 2016: The 48th Directors' Fortnight Selection |access-date=19 April 2016 |work=Quinzaine des Réalisateurs |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420130803/http://www.quinzaine-realisateurs.com/en/fortnight-2016/ |archive-date=20 April 2016 }}{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2016/04/cannes-directors-fortnight-2016-films-lineup-full-list-1201740068/ |title=Cannes: Directors' Fortnight 2016 Lineup – Laura Poitras' 'Risk', Pablo Larrain's 'Neruda', Paul Schrader's 'Dog Eat Dog' |author=Nancy Tartaglione |date=19 April 2016 |access-date=19 April 2016 |work=Deadline Hollywood}} It was selected as the Chilean entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/09/pablo-larrain-neruda-jackie-oscar-race-chile-best-foreign-film-1201818776/ |title=Multiple Larrain Storms In Oscar Forecast With 'Neruda' & 'Jackie' |first=Mike Jr. |last=Fleming |work=Deadline |date=12 September 2016 |access-date=12 September 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-chile-selects-neruda-foreign-928528 |title=Oscars: Chile Selects 'Neruda' for Foreign-Language Category |first= Agustin |last=Mango |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=13 September 2016 |access-date=13 September 2016}}

After the world premiere at Cannes on 13 May 2016,{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2016/04/cannes-directors-fortnight-2016-films-lineup-full-list-1201740068/ |title=Cannes: Directors' Fortnight 2016 Lineup – Laura Poitras' 'Risk', Pablo Larrain's 'Neruda', Paul Schrader's 'Dog Eat Dog' |author=Nancy Tartaglione |date=19 April 2016 |access-date=19 April 2016 |work=Deadline Hollywood}} The Orchard and Wild Bunch acquired U.S and French distribution rights, respectively.{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/the-orchard-acquires-north-american-rights-to-gael-garcia-bernals-neruda/|title=The Orchard Acquires North American Rights to Gael Garcia Bernal's 'Neruda'|website=The Wrap|first=Beatrice|last=Verheven|date=14 May 2016|access-date=13 September 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/global/cannes-pablo-larrains-gael-garcia-bernal-starrer-neruda-1201766143/|title=Cannes: Pablo Larrain's Gael Garcia Bernal-Starrer 'Neruda' Closes France, U.K., Germany, Italy |website=Variety|first=John|last=Hopewell|date=4 May 2016|access-date=13 September 2016}} It was shown at the Telluride Film Festival on 4 September 2016{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/09/telluride-film-festival-2016-lineup-full-list-1201811906/|title=Telluride Film Festival Lineup: 'Sully', 'La La Land', 'Arrival', 'Bleed For This' & More|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Pete|last=Hammond|date=1 September 2016|access-date=1 September 2016}} and the Toronto International Film Festival on 8 September 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.tiff.net/films/neruda/|title=Neruda|website=Toronto International Film Festival|access-date=13 September 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://thefilmstage.com/news/tiff-2016-line-up-includes-nocturnal-animals-la-la-land-american-pastoral-and-more/|title=TIFF 2016 Line-Up Includes 'Nocturnal Animals,' 'La La Land,' 'American Pastoral,' and More|website=The Film Stage|first=Jordan|last=Raup|date=26 July 2016|access-date=26 July 2016}} It screened at the New York Film Festival on 5 October 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.filmlinc.org/nyff2016/films/neruda/|title=Neruda|website=New York Film Festival|access-date=13 September 2016}}

The film was released in Chile on 11 August 2016 by 20th Century Fox,{{cite news |url=http://www.emol.com/noticias/Espectaculos/2016/05/12/802437/Gael-Garcia-Bernal-ante-debut-de-Neruda-en-Cannes-Llego-con-un-poco-de-panico.html|title=Gael García Bernal ante debut de "Neruda" en Cannes: "Llego con un poco de pánico"|website=Emol.com|date=12 May 2016|access-date=13 September 2016 | language = es}}{{cite web|url=http://www.firstshowing.net/2016/first-trailer-for-pablo-larrains-neruda-playing-at-cannes-this-year/|title=First Trailer for Pablo Larraín's 'Neruda' Playing at Cannes This Year|website=FirstShowing.net|first=Alex|last=Billington|date=11 May 2016|access-date=13 September 2016}} in the United States on 16 December 2016,{{cite web|url=https://thefilmstage.com/trailer/u-s-trailer-for-pablo-larrains-neruda-finds-gael-garcia-bernal-on-the-prowl/|title=U.S. Trailer for Pablo Larraín's 'Neruda' Finds Gael García Bernal on the Prowl|website=The Film Stage|first=Nick|last=Newman|date=21 October 2016|access-date=18 December 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/10/official-trailer-for-neruda-chiles-oscar-submission-1201840883/|title='Neruda' Trailer: Life On The Run For Chilean Poet & Political Firebrand|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Ross|last=A. Lincoln|date=21 October 2016|access-date=18 December 2016}} and in France on 4 January 2017.{{cite web|url=http://neruda-lefilm.com/presse/|title=Neruda|website=Wild Bunch|access-date=13 September 2016}}

Critical response

{{Rotten Tomatoes prose|93|7.7|155|Inventive, intelligent, and beautifully filmed, Neruda transcends the traditional biopic structure to look at the meaning beyond the details of its subject's life.|ref=yes|access-date=23 December 2021}} {{MC film|82|28}}{{cite Metacritic|type=movie|id=neruda|title=Neruda|access-date=23 December 2021}}

==Awards and accolades==

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! colspan=6 style="background:#B0C4DE;" | List of accolades

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! scope="col" width="30%" | Award / Film Festival

! scope="col" width="10%" | Date of Ceremony

! scope="col" width="30%" | Category

! scope="col" width="25%" | Recipient(s)

! scope="col" width="10%" | Result

Golden Globe Awards{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/golden-globes-nominees-2017-list-955075 |title=Golden Globes 2017: The Complete List of Nominations |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=12 December 2016|access-date=26 December 2016}}

| 8 January 2017

| Best Foreign Language Film

|{{nom}}

Houston Film Critics Society

| 6 January 2017

| Best Foreign Language Film

| {{nom}}