Neruda

Drama, Biography | 2017 | R. 1hr 47min
CAST: Gael Garcia Bernal, Luis Gnecco, Mercedes Moran DIRECTOR: Pablo Larrain ENDS THURSDAY

An inspector hunts down Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet, Pablo Neruda, who becomes a fugitive in his home country in the late 1940s for joining the Communist Party.

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Reviews

A sumptuous puzzle of a movie that takes a turbulent period in the life of the Chilean poet and politician and turns it into a fable about fame and the power of words.

Randy Cordova, Arizona Republic

"Neruda" is a delightful mishmash of two disparate genres: the biopic and film noir.

Alan Zilberman, Washington Post

As in all his movies, Larrain is an expert juggler of tones: by turns antic and lyrical, Neruda is shot with a dark, nocturnal beauty and a mournful orchestral score.

Ella Taylor, NPR