The Life That Will Come (2025)

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This documentary, made entirely of archival footage shot mainly by amateurs, revisits 50 years of Chilean history. A fascinating lesson in memory, this personal montage adopts a popular, even fringe, perspective to help write a more complete national memory. As the filmmaker asserts in her narration, there’s the history we’re told, the history we live, and the history we tell ourselves. Between the coup d’état of September 11, 1973, and the recent double failure of the new constitution project, this film shows that the people of Chile have long oscillated between excitement and disappointment, accumulating shattered hopes. Rejecting the pessimism that would trap us in collective immobility, Karin Cuyul instead draws on the past to ask how we can continue to dream of the necessary social and political changes.

Director: Karin Cuyul
Genre: Documentary
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Screenplay

Music: Matías Reyes
Editing: Federico Atehortúa Arteaga
Production: Pequén Producciones, Invasión Cine
Country: Chile, Colombia
Language: Español
Original Language: es

Keywords

film archives, sociopolitical, collective memory, política

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is The Life That Will Come about?
This documentary, made entirely of archival footage shot mainly by amateurs, revisits 50 years of Chilean history. A fascinating lesson in memory, this personal montage adopts a popular, even fringe, perspective to help write a more complete national memory. As the filmmaker asserts in her narration, there’s the history we’re told, the history we live, and the history we tell ourselves. Between the coup d’état of September 11, 1973, and the recent double failure of the new constitution project, this film shows that the people of Chile have long oscillated between excitement and disappointment, accumulating shattered hopes. Rejecting the pessimism that would trap us in collective immobility, Karin Cuyul instead draws on the past to ask how we can continue to dream of the necessary social and political changes.
Who directed The Life That Will Come?
The Life That Will Come was directed by Karin Cuyul.
What genre is The Life That Will Come?
The Life That Will Come is a Documentary film.
Where was The Life That Will Come produced?
The Life That Will Come was produced in Chile, Colombia.