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Bastard: The Legacy of Pinochet's Genocide

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Chile • 1h 23m

Directed by Pepe Rovano • Documentary • With Pepe Rovano, Josefina Rovano, Verónica Rovano • 2023 • 83 minutes

At 35, director Navarrete Rovano, who had grown up fatherless and labeled a “bastard,” discovered his father was Colonel Rodrigo Retamal, a notorious Chilean police chief involved in human rights abuses. This revelation sparked a 13-year journey to confront his father and meet the families torn apart by the regime’s brutality, as he struggled to reconcile with his dark inheritance.

Amid the backdrop of Chile’s 2019 social unrest, his personal journey evolved into activism, and he became a key figure in the movement that ultimately led to the drafting of a new constitution—marking a pivotal moment in Chile’s fight to end the long-standing impunity of its corrupt establishment.

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