Jackal of Nahueltoro (1969)★ 7.6/10
- Crime
- Drama
- Biography
Directed by: Miguel Littin
Written by: Darwin Contreras, Miguel Littin, José Gómez López, Fernando Rivas Sánchez
The real story about an illiterate murderer, educated in prison, where he reflects on his actions days before he died.
- Original title
- Jackal of Nahueltoro
- Storyline
- In 1960, José del Carmen Valenzuela Torres, from the small town of Nahueltoro in Chile, brutally murdered Rosa Rivas Acuña and her five children. This classic film of the Latin American cinema is based on testimonies provided by the murderer himself while he was being prosecuted and the journalists who interviewed him before his sentence was executed. Thirty two months after the massacre at age 23 and after learning how to read and write, "The Jackal of Nahueltoro" faced a firing squad.
- Rating
- 7.6 / 10 · 1,309
- Companies
- Cine Experimental de la Universidad de Chile, Cinematografica Tercer Mondo, Tricontinental Film Center, MK2 Diffusion, Cooperativa Nuova Comunicazione, Animatógrafo, Terra Entertainment, Divisa Home Video
- Release dates
- CL June 1, 1969
- XWG June 1, 1970
- MX June 1, 1970
- SUHH October 23, 1972
- PL January 1, 1974
- SE April 3, 1974
- US April 13, 1974
- HU November 21, 1974
- IT January 1, 1975
- FR April 9, 1975
- PT March 4, 1977
- AR March 14, 2002