A 16-year-old stowaway on a Chilean naval ship learns that finding your brother means losing your innocence.
Alejandro Silva is a 16-years-old boy who decides to leave his home, to go in search of brother, who have gone missing for some time. He embarks on the school-ship "Esmeralda". The adventures that Alejandro lives on his trip in search of his brother will mark his passage to adulthood.
Acting
Gonzalo Meza's raw, unpolished teenage desperation.
Direction
Sotomayor's documentary-style realism on the Esmeralda.
Director
Jorge López Sotomayor
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Esmeralda was used by Pinochet's regime for detention and torture; the film's 1983 release carried heavy political weight in Chile.
Director Sotomayor cast actual naval academy cadets as extras, blurring documentary and fiction. Some scenes reportedly caused real disciplinary investigations.
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