Little White Dove

Little White Dove (1992)

Palomita blanca

A young working class girl falls in love with an upper class boy who is part of the plot to assassinate General Schneider, head of the Chilean Army. The film was shot in 1973 over six weeks with a budget of $170,000. As a result of the 1973 Chilean coup d'état and military dictatorship (1973–1990), the film was presumed lost for many years and not released until 1992.

Date of release
1992-11-06
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (19)
Runtime
2h 5m
Genres
Drama, Romance, Comedy
Director
Raúl Ruiz

Casting

Interesting facts

Little White Dove is a 1973 Chilean teen dramedy film directed by Raúl Ruiz. It is loosely based on the bestselling 1971 teen novel Palomita Blanca by Enrique Lafourcade. As a result of the 1973 Chilean coup d'état and military dictatorship (1973–1990), the film was presumed lost for many years and not released until 1992.

Production

The film was shot in 1973 over six weeks with a budget of $170,000. It was completed just days before the military coup led by Augusto Pinochet on September 11, which overthrew the government of Salvador Allende. The film was scheduled for release on September 18, but never made it to theatres. In October of that year, a private screening was organized for influential critics and representatives of the military dictatorship.

The film was finally released almost twenty years later in 1992 to critical acclaim after being re-edited by Raúl Ruiz. The accompanying soundtrack by Los Jaivas was also released in 1992.

During the casting process for the film, a behind-the-scenes documentary called Palomilla Brava was also shot simultaneously. This "making of" project was the first of its kind in South American cinema. It was conceived by director Raul Ruiz as a way of exposing and deterring producer Hugo Ortega's inappropriate behaviour towards female actors.

The whereabouts of Palomilla Brava are unknown, as it disappeared along with the original film cans. Sergio Trabucco, the film's producer, has lamented the loss of the documentary as it provided valuable material for understanding young actors and their struggles within the local film industry in 1970s Chile.

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