L’homme caché

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Note of intent

My film follows my meeting with Marcela, sister of Ricardo. This marked for me the beginning of an investigation. I then questioned about loneliness and survival, on the transition to democracy of my country. Through interviews with Marcela, I am interested in portraying a young man, author of several homicides that have forever changed our History.

Synopsis

After attending the capture of his father from the hands of Pinochet’s soldiers, Ricardo, a young man of 17, decides to join the “resistance front” that work against the dictatorship. Ricardo life changes forever when participating in an operation which finishes with the death of a senator,5 which is the brain of the “military coup” in Chile. Ricardo is arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment. He was interrogated and tortured. Yet while the future was very dark for him, he managed to escape. Now in 2015 he is still the most wanted man in the country. Hidden somewhere, Ricardo yet managed to contact his relatives. This film is his story, past and present, that of “hidden man.”

Visual concept

Research and memory are the concepts of the film. The characters are itinerant, who searched the places visited by the protagonist, invisible. This path will be filmed with a camera on steady cam and wide dolly. The interviews will be worked in VoiceOver, they evoke memories of a family album, the listening of a jail recording, the reading of a letter. The archives will be independent times. There will fictional scenes to embody Ricardo.