Actas de Marusia
(Letters from Marusia)

Mexico (1975): Drama/Thriller

This Mexican film re-creates a dark chapter in the history of Chile. The scene is a small Chilean saltpetre mining town in 1907. Suffering under the despotic rule of the British mine owners, the workers stage a revolt. The government's solution is to utterly destroy the town rather than allow the rebellion to spread. Director Miguel Littin adapted Letters from Marusia from a novel by Patricio Manns, which in turn was based on eyewitness accounts of the 1907 massacre. (CONACINE/Azteca, 1985) (Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide)

· Foreign Language Film Award 1975: (Mexico) (Arturo Feliu, producer)

1 nomination