‘There Are No Heroes Here — Only Men Trapped Between the Logic of Power and the Weight of Guilt,’ Says ‘The Red Hangar’ Director of the Untold Story Behind Chile’s Military Coup (Exclusive)

World premiering at the Berlinale’s Perspectives sidebar, black & white Chilean drama “The Red Hangar” (“Hangar rojo”) chronicles little-known events behind the military takeover that ousted the country’s president, Salvador Allende. It takes place over the first three days of the takeover, revealing a long-silenced chapter of Chilean history about the Air Force officers and enlisted personnel who resisted the coup and suffered brutal retaliation from within their own ranks.

“As the country collapses under the weight of the military coup, the film observes that founding moment of horror, when the repressive apparatus has not yet fully taken shape. The camera moves through corridors where what remains unspoken reverberates louder than screams,” said documentarian Juan Pablo Sallato (“Red Eyes”) about his fiction feature debut. “There are no heroes here — only men trapped between the logic of power and the weight of guilt — and a spectator invited to look into…