The Veteran

Documentary, 2022

Synopsis

The Veteran is an essay film that unfurls the origins of an extraordinary legend: an American priest who lived for many years in a remote coastal village in Southern Chile was responsible for dropping the atomic bomb on Japan. An absorbing study of this little-known, yet remarkable story, the film explores the reasons that led this veteran to become a missionary, the flow of History, and how people and stories transform.

Credits

Original title
El veterano
Executive producer
Executive producer
Cinematography
Sound Design
Genre
Documentary
Running time
103 min

Director’s biography

Jerónimo Rodríguez IMDb

Jeronimo Rodriguez is a Chilean filmmaker based in New York and Santiago. He directed the essay film ‘The Monument Hunter’ (FID Marseille International Competition 2015, Special Jury Prize at FICCI 2016). He also co-wrote Alejandro Fernande...z Almendras’ feature ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ (Sundance Film Festival World Dramatic Competition and Berlin Film Festival 2016). He co-produced Matias Piñeiro’s ‘The Princess of France’ (Locarno Film Festival International Competition 2014). Last year, he co-curated ‘Tropical Uncanny: Latin American Tropes and Mythologies’, a film series presented by the Guggenheim Museum and Cinema Tropical. He also programmed Flaherty NYC Spring 2013, a non-fiction film series organised by The Robert Flaherty Seminar. Filmmaker Magazine recently named Rodriguez among the 25 New Faces of Independent Film.

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Festivals

World Premiere Festival Internacional de Cine de Berlín – Berlinale Forum. Biarrtiz Festival Amerique Latine 2022. FIDOCS 2022

Awards

Roberto Guerra Award.

Funding, Labs and Workshops

Fondo de Fomento Audiovisual 2018 Script . Supported by Union Docs.