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18 March 2016

Dark side of Chile: the director who went on the trail of paedophile priests

From Pinochet’s bloody legacy to the Catholic church’s safe house for clerics accused of abuse, Pablo Larraín has spent his career probing Chile’s conscience. But he’s also making a film about Jackie Kennedy – and a remake of Scarface.
When Pablo Larraín was growing up Catholic in Santiago, he was struck by how physically close he found himself to the priests. In the confession box, he could tell what the padre had eaten for lunch, or that he wore a new cologne.

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/mar/17/the-club-chile-catholic-church-child-sex-abuse-pablo-larrain-film