The Red Hangar

Kırmızı Hangar / Hangar Rojo

DCP / Color / 81’
Spanish; with Turkish and English Subtitles
Chile, Italy, Argentina, 2026

Director: Juan Pablo Sallato
Screenplay: Luis Emilio Guzmán
Cinematography: Diego Pequeño
Editing: Valeria Hernández, Sebastián Brahm
Cast: Nicolás Záráte, Boris Quercia, Marcial Tagle, Catalina Stuardo, Arón Hernández, Francisco Carrasco, Juan Cano
Producer: Juan Ignacio, Sabatini, Juan Pablo Sallato
Production: Villano, Brava Cine, Rain Dogs, Caravan, Berta Film, TVN
World Sales: MPM

Synopsis

Juan Pablo Sallato’s Red Hangar is a film shot in black and white, emphasizing the moral dilemma of its military hero, Captain Jorge Silva (Nicolás Zárate). Centered around this character—who is forced to make a difficult decision and take a massive risk for the sake of acting rightly, justly, and in line with his principles—we witness the establishment of one of the most horrific dictatorships in recent history. The film begins on September 10, 1973, at the Chilean Air Force base in the capital, Santiago, a center that trains pilots and paratroopers. Knowing just the date and location is enough to send chills down one’s spine. The very next day, a bloody coup will take place, bringing an end to Chilean President Salvador Allende and democracy, ushering in a military junta ruled by torture and murder. Captain Silva, whose wife is a socialist history professor and whose loyalty to Allende is well known, is given command of the Red Hangar—where detainees are interrogated under torture—to test his allegiance to the military. Perfectly highlighting the brutality of the junta without reproducing its violence on screen, as well as the profound importance of even a single person’s conscientious resistance, Juan Pablo Sallato proves his ambition in fiction filmmaking following his award-winning and box-office-breaking documentaries.

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