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Family Coup

2022

16 minutes

ComedyHistory

Overview

"Golpe a golpe" (Family coup) was a Chilean television sitcom from the 1970s and 1980s. In this series, the family of the stern anti-communist dictator Augusto Pinochet found themselves forced to share their home with the spirit of the late former socialist president Salvador Allende, who was portrayed by a puppet. This short film aims to salvage this show's existence by extracting fragments from its surviving material.

Top Cast

Germán Pinilla headshot

Germán Pinilla

Augusto

Paco Pasquette headshot

Paco Pasquette

Chicho the Ghost

Carolina Paulsen headshot

Carolina Paulsen

Lucía

Anaís Moreno headshot

Anaís Moreno

Jacqueline

Joaquín Rodríguez headshot

Joaquín Rodríguez

Marco Antonio

Pablo Schwarz headshot

Pablo Schwarz

Admiral José Toribio Merino

Carlos Donoso headshot

Carlos Donoso

General César Mendoza

Cristián Carvajal headshot

Cristián Carvajal

General Gustavo Leigh

Francisco Schultz headshot

Francisco Schultz

Gorilla

Álvaro Morales headshot

Álvaro Morales

Narrator (voice)

José Tomás Herreros headshot

José Tomás Herreros

2nd Narrator (voice)