An inspector hunts down Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet, Pablo Neruda, who becomes a fugitive in his home country in the late 1940s for joining the Communist Party.
It’s 1948 and the Cold War has arrived in Chile. In the Congress, prominent Communist Senator and popular poet Pablo Neruda accuses the government of betraying the Party and is stripped of his parliamentary immunity by President González Videla. The Chief of Investigative Police instructs inspector Óscar Peluchonneau (played by Gael García Bernal), to arrest the poet. Neruda tries to escape from the country with his wife, the painter Delia del Carril, but they are forced to go underground. Inspired by the dramatic events of his new life as a fugitive, Neruda continues to write his epic Canto General, while being pursued ever more hotly by the forces of fascism.
Full frontal nudity with moderate detail is shown but it is justified by context, and not excessive.
This film would be better suited for older audiences mainly for scenes depicting the protagonist frolicking with a few nude women, some of whom are visibly topless, in a bordello setting.
In one of these scenes, he is also seen touching the breast of one woman and briefly touching the groin area of another woman who is displaying full frontal nudity.
profanity
There is some use of the expletive "f**k" voiced throughout the film, which also appears in English subtitles.
frightening
'Neruda' is a film centering on the life of famous Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, who went into hiding in the late 1940s after being accused of being an enemy of the state for his communist leanings.
Official CCC Rating: TE+7
Official INCAA Rating: 13 (with warning)
Official MPAA Rating: Rated R for sexuality/nudity and some language
Expected CNC Rating: Tous publics
Expected ICAA Rating: 12
