Neruda Filming Locations
Where was Neruda filmed? Neruda was filmed in 3 locations across Chile in the following places:
Neruda Filming Locations
Santiago, Chile’s capital and largest city, sits in a valley surrounded by the snow-capped Andes and the Chilean Coast Range. Plaza de Armas, the grand heart of the city’s old colonial core, is home to 2 neoclassical landmarks: the 1808 Palacio de la Real Audiencia, housing the National History Museum, and the 18th-century Metropolitan Cathedral. La Chascona is the home-turned-museum of poet Pablo Neruda.
Talca is a city in central Chile's Maule region known for its wineries. Near the leafy Plaza de Armas main square, the O'Higginiano and Fine Arts Museum has art and historical exhibits. Chile’s 1818 Declaration of Independence was signed in the colonial building. Concerts and plays are staged nearby at the modern Maule Regional Theater. The mountainous Altos de Lircay National Reserve lies southeast of the city.
Neruda (2014)
The poet Pablo Neruda receives the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971 and in his acceptance speech, he recalls episodes of his life almost forgotten. In 1948 because of a Senator of the Republic, he is transformed into a fugitive from the political police. In disagreement with the President at the time, who tries to detain him, Neruda must risk his life and ride through the Andes Mountains to escape to Argentina. His fugitive adventure leads him to the south of Chile, where he had lived his childhood and adolescence. It is at this stage of his life that the famous poet writes his fundamental book, 'Canto General'.