Family Coup
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Family Coup

8.5 / 10 2022 16mNR Spanish
ComedyHistory

Storyline

"Golpe a golpe" (Family coup) was a Chilean television sitcom from the 1970s and 1980s. In this series, the family of the stern anti-communist dictator Augusto Pinochet found themselves forced to share their home with the spirit of the late former socialist president Salvador Allende, who was portrayed by a puppet. This short film aims to salvage this show's existence by extracting fragments from its surviving material.

Cast & Crew

Germán Pinilla

Germán Pinilla

Augusto

Lead
Paco Pasquette

Paco Pasquette

Chicho the Ghost

Carolina Paulsen

Carolina Paulsen

Lucía

AM

Anaís Moreno

Jacqueline

JR

Joaquín Rodríguez

Marco Antonio

Pablo Schwarz

Pablo Schwarz

Admiral José Toribio Merino

Carlos Donoso

Carlos Donoso

General César Mendoza

Cristián Carvajal

Cristián Carvajal

General Gustavo Leigh

What People Are Saying

5.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Diego Cumplido's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Family Coup is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker