Iron is a corporate thriller in the style of the great political American films of the 70’s. The film was born out of the need to address an issue that I think is of great importance in today’s political landscape: how big business are able to coordinate among themselves to outperform and anticipate the social movements and still make gigantic profits, regardless of the degree of disapproval that many of their actions have in the public eye.

Almost like a chess player that’s always two or three moves ahead of its rivals, big companies are able to adapt to new social conditions and manipulate their image in order to conceal their ultimate interest: to make money at any cost.

In recent years, ecology, environmental protection and claims of indigenous peoples have been issues that have captured the attention of the media, governments and various international organizations. However, large companies have also taken note of the issue, and what is more, have taken advantage of this new landscape.

Large mining and energy companies, whose field of action is linked directly with environmental issues, have within their business strategies large sections devoted to these topics, so to manipulate in their favor the local population, environmental action groups and political actors, as well as people and consumers in general.

The purpose of the film is to lift a veil that hides the actions of large corporations regarding the environment, so to uncover the complex webs of intrigue and deceit that allowed them to continue operating and making more and more profits.

Iron will be constructed around the clash of two different worlds: one corresponding to Santiago, the world of big businesses, luxury and elegance that characterizes the life of Catalan; and another one corresponding to the life in the poor rural Mapuche community. Those two worlds would differ not only in the luxury or lack thereof; they would also signal two different ways of life, two confronted forms of human relationships. In the city, Catalan would always be at the defensive, seeing in people enemies to confront. In the countryside he will be in contact with people that are open, trustful, people that give warm without asking for something in return. Slowly, that would be changing Catalan too.