Chile’s Oscar Submission

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Reader Hernan sent in this description of the film:

‚ÄúDawson, Isla 10‚Äù (Dawson, Island 10) a sort of “Guantanamo Bay” jail for political dissidents (ministers) who endured hellish conditions there 35 years ago, is the Chile’s submission for the Oscar race 2010. Based on the autobiography of Sergio Bitar, Allende’s minister of mining, soon after the September 11, 1973 coup Bitar was bundled off to the bleak, wind-swept island located some 3,000 kilometers (1,864 miles) south of the capital Santiago. Bitar, now 69 and Minister of Public Works in President Michelle Bachelet’s center-left government, was assigned the number 10 of the movie title. The movie also was elect for compete in the spanish Goya (Best Spanish-American Film).

More than 3,000 people were killed or went “missing” during Chile’s 1973-1990 military dictatorship, while some 28,000 others were tortured. ‚ÄúDawson, Isla 10‚Äù is directed by Miguel Litt√≠n, he has been nominated twice for the Oscar: ‚ÄúLetters from Marusia‚Äù for Best Foreign Film in 1976 (M√©xico) and ‚ÄúAlsino and the c√≥ndor‚Äù as Best Foreign Film in 1983 (Nicaragua).