Ulises’ Odyssey
7:53 min/Documentary Trailer

Writer/Director: Lorena Manríquez

Producers: Anita Modak-Truran, Ferrell Tadlock

Synopsis: I was 8 years old on September 11, 1973 when I heard planes flying low and saw violent images on television. It was a coup d’etat. That day saw the death of socialist president Salvador Allende and was the beginning of General Pinochet’s 17- year dictatorship. Uncle Ulises was a union leader and a member of a leftist party that supported Allende. My father was an army officer and supported Pinochet.

The coup sent Ulises on a long journey. After being smuggled in the Austrian Embassy, he and his family went to exile in Switzerland. My family was torn apart. Since then, I always wanted to know why. Thousands of Allende supporters were tortured and executed by Pinochet’s secret police. Ulises is a survivor. After 30 years Ulises returned to Chile and I’m telling his story.

Director Biography: Lorena A. Manríquez is a civil engineer, filmmaker and painter. Her love of film began at an early age watching Spanish and French films in Santiago, Chile, where she was born and raised. Since 2000, Lorena has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Crossroads Film Society, of which she was president from 2001 to 2003. Lorena has also been the Art Director for the films Oh Sunitra! (2002), the The Bird Watcher (2003) and the music video One Ton Baby (2003). She was the producer for the film The Princesses and the Dragon (2003). Currently she is directing, writing and producing the documentary Ulises’ Odyssey.

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