El poder de la palabra / English title: Power of speech dirección y producción, Francisco Hervé ; guión, Sebastián Brahm, Pablo Leighton, Francisco Hervé ; investigación, Loreto Contreras, María Paz González. , Chile - 1 online resource (1 video file (74 min.)) : sound, color.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2009.

Cinematographer, David Bravo [and 4 others] ; editors, Sebastián Brahm, Francisco Hervé ; music, Fernando Milagros. Cinematographer, David Bravo [and 4 others] ; editors, Sebastián Brahm, Francisco Hervé ; music, Fernando Milagros.

Protagonistas: Hardy Vallejos, Waldo Ortiz, David Peña, Gloria Guarda.



Hardy sells trinkets on the buses in Santiago. In 2005, a government project worries him: soon we will be a "world class" country, so we will not be able to continue tolerating his trade. Hardy gathers two thousand colleagues and together they fight not to be marginalized by modernity.--


In Spanish; with optional English subtitles.

FIDOCS 2009, Jury Prize Viña del Mar 2009, Best Documentary Atlantic Doc 2010, Best Editing, Best Photography Pedro Sienna 2010, Best Documentary


Street vendors--Social conditions.--Chile--Santiago
Peddlers--Social conditions.--Chile--Santiago
Informal sector (Economics)--Chile--Santiago.


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