Revolves around the naval Battle of Iquique between the Peruvian ironclad monitor 'Huáscar' and the Chilean wooden corvette 'Esmeralda'.
Production
Painstaking ship recreations that smell like tar and doom.
Acting
Omeñaca's Prat: so stoic you'll want to shake him.
Cinematography
Smoke-choked battles that feel genuinely suffocating.
Director
Elías Llanos
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Arturo Prat is basically Chilean Jesus—this battle turned a defeat into founding mythology.
The real Esmeralda's bell was recovered in 2017 and rung at the premiere; audiences wept.
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