Agency:.Co-produced by Les Films d'Ici, the NFB and La Sept Arte, with the participation of RTBF and WDR.

Director, Patricio Guzmán ; producer, Yves Jeanneau, Éric Michel ; associate producer, Fernando Acuna, Ricardo Larrain ; camera, Éric Pittard ; sound, Boris Herrera ; editing, Hélène Girard ; sound editing, Leopoldo Gutierrez ; re-recording, Shelley Craig ; music, Robert M. Lepage.

Narrator, Patricio Guzmán.

Recorded 1997.

The voice of memory speaks up against oblivion. Time is passing. A generation of young Chileans has grown up with no knowledge of the facts surrounding the military coup of September 11, 1973. On that day, Salvador Allende's democratically elected socialist government was overthrown by General Pinochet. It was supposed to be Juan's wedding day. Instead, he was almost killed fighting the dictator's troops. Now, Patricio Guzmán returns to Chile, after 23 years. The time has come to reveal the long-forgotten truth. With him, Guzmán brings La Bataille du Chili, his major chronicle of that country's open and peaceful revolution. His documentary toured the world but was never seen in Chile. Discreetly, he shows it to his friends and a small group of students. Those who survived the struggle recognize their "disappeared" comrades, recall their courage and love of life. After the screening, the young people are in a state of shock. In their need to know the truth, they seem to express all the repressed feelings of the Chilean people. They feel invested with a historical duty, knowing it is they who must build the Chile of tomorrow. In French with English subtitles.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Certificate of Honor, 1998 Award - Category: Best Canadian Film in the Festival, 1998 Award - Category: Best Political Documentary Award, 1998 Golden Sheaf Award - Category: Best Editing (Hélène Girard), 1998 Golden Sheaf Award - Category: Best History Documentary, 1998 Golden Sheaf Award of Excellence, 1998 Golden Sheaf Award - Category: Best Direction (Patricio Guzman), 1998 Golden Spire - Category: History , 1998 Award for Best Documentary, 1998 Honorable Mention - Category: Social Issues, 1998 First Prize - Category: Best Documentary, 1997 Public Award, 1997 Silver Dove - Category: Long footage Documentary (tied with Master Game by Lutz Dammbeck) - with a cash prize of 6000DM, 1998

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).