The Frontier (Spanish: La Frontera) is a 1991 Chilean drama film, directed by Ricardo Larraín and starring Patricio Contreras and Gloria Laso. Larraín won the Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival. The film was submitted as Chile's entry for the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 64th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.
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Plot
During the final years of Chile's military dictatorship, Ramiro Orellana is sentenced to internal exile. He is sent to the La Frontera region, a historic boundary between the Mapuche people and Spanish colonization. In La Frontera, Ramiro discovers a new dimension of life that prompts him to confront his own inner boundaries...
Cast
Patricio Contreras as Ramiro Orellana
Gloria Laso as Maite
Alonso Venegas as Delegate
Sergio Schmied as Secretary
Aldo Bernales as Diver
Héctor Noguera as Father Patricio
Patricio Bunster as Don Ignacio
Aníbal Reyna as Detective robusto
Sergio Hernández as Detective Delgado
Elsa Poblete as Laura
Sergio Madrid as Gutiérrez
Joaquin Velasco as Hernán
Griselda Núñez as Sra. Hilda
Eugenio Morales as Assistant Driver
Raqual Curilem as Bar Owner