[ Honors 336 ]

El chacotero sentimental: la película [The Sentimental Teaser],

(Chile, Cristián Galáz, 2001)

Cast: Tamara Acosta                                                                                  ....          Mía

Héctor Aguilar                                                                              ....          Tigre

Emiliana Araya                                                                             ....          Alicia adolescente

Roberto Artiagoitía                                                                                    ....          Rumpi

Patricio Bunster                                                                                           ....          Don Octavio

Claudia Celedón                                                                                          ....          María

Patricio del Canto                                                                                       ....          Loco Eric

Clara María Escobar                                                                                   ....          Mamá de Juan

Marcela Espinoza                                                                                        ....          Marlene

Fernando Farías                                                                                          ....          Papá de Juan

Fernando Gallardo                                                                                     ....          Kioskero

Mateo Iribarren                                                                                           ....          Papá

Pablo Macaya                                                                                ....          Johnny

Hugo Medina                                                                                ....          Loro

Daniel Muñoz                                                                                ....          Juan

Myriam Palacios                                                                                         ....          Tía Lastenia

Lorene Prieto                                                                                 ....          Claudia

Anita Reeves                                                                                 ....          Mamá

Patricia Rivadeneira                                                                                   ....          Alicia

Ximena Rivas                                                                                ....          Carmen

Camila Rojas                                                                                 ....          Carmen niña

Martín Salinas                                                                               ....          Pulga

Sergio Schmied ....          Marido

Alejandro Trejo ....          Richard

Mireya Véliz      ....          Tota

Felipe Vera        ....          Pipe

Pedro Vicuña     ....          Cartero.

Director: Cristián Galáz

Length: 87 minutes

Sound: Dólby digital

Country: Chile

Director: Cristián Galáz

Language: Spanish

Color: Color & black & white

Sound: Dólby digital

Script: Mateo Iribarren

Photography: Antonio Farías

Editing: Soledad Salfate                             

Sound Director: David Cuerpo 

Artistic Director: Cristián Galáz

Postproduction Sound: Cebra Producciones

Music: Carlos Cabezas

Executive Producer: Roberto Artiagoitía & Alejandro Castillo

Questions of analysis:

1.           Is El chacotero sentimental: la película one or three films? Defend your answer.

2.           Are the stories connected? How?

3.           After watching the section “Patas negras” with what kind of film genre would you line up the film?

4.           Does your impression change after watching “Secretos”? To what genre would you assign it?

5.           Of the three stories, the third one differs greatly from the other three? What do you think of the order in which they are delivered to the audience?

6.           Discuss the film’s ideology.

7.           Explain how is focalization used and its relevance in a film that relies in a non-visual means, a radio, as a frame of reference.

8.           Give examples of how the audience shares the voyeurism of the little girl in “Secrets” How does the director share her focalization?

9.           Explain how does the director uses photography, mise en scène, sound and movement to deliver the main theme in “Secrets.”

10.         What cultural codes does the audience need to know to understand this film.

11.         Is this a Chilean film? Consider the historical moment when answering this question.

12.         What stands out more, the movie’s message or the cinematographic techniques?

13.         Draw a diagram of the film’s plot (structure).

14.         Explain how the director uses photography and mise en scène to characterize The Chacotero Sentimental.

15.         Elaborate about the Chacotero’s dramatic role. Can you conceive the film without his character?

16.         Discuss the symbolism associated with the section Todo es cancha”

17.         What is the film’s position on extramarital affairs? Defend your answer.

18.         Did you like the film? Expand your answer.