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One of the most visually transfixing films of the last year is Pablo Larraín‘s Neruda, released just a few weeks after his Oscar-nominated Jackie. Telling the story of the titular communist poet, played by Luis Gnecco, and the police inspector (Gael García Bernal) that is hunting him down in a post-WWII Chile, the film is now available on Digital HD and we’re pleased to debut an exclusive clip featuring his poetry in action.

“Together with a creative use of editing, which regularly violates spatial and temporal continuity — often locating the same conversation in several different settings simultaneously — Larraín invents a new form of cinematic poetry by channeling the creativity of his subject. Neruda is a head-scratcher, but its sensual pleasures are undeniable,” we said in our review.

Check out our exclusive clip below.

Beloved poet Pablo Neruda (Luis Gnecco) is also the most famous communist in post-WWII Chile. When the political tides shift, he is forced underground, with a perseverant police inspector (Gael García Bernal) hot on his trail. Meanwhile, in Europe, the legend of the poet hounded by the policeman grows, and artists led by Pablo Picasso clamor for Neruda’s freedom. Neruda, however, sees the struggle with his police inspector nemesis as an opportunity to reinvent himself. He cunningly plays with the inspector, leaving clues designed to make their game of cat-and-mouse ever more perilous. In this story of a persecuted poet and his obsessive adversary, Neruda recognizes his own heroic possibilities: a chance to become a symbol for liberty, as well as a literary legend.

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Neruda is now available on Digital HD.

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