I saw this maybe a decade ago, in a program dedicated to silent films from Latin America in the Buenos Aires cinematheque, so I don't recall all the details of the movie. But I remember being quite impressed with this movie about the Chilean independence movement (which happened in the 1810s). The direction seemed impressive and assured, the tone was light, it was pretty fast paced and entertaining, it had humor, and what impressed me most, its look at the country's independence leaders was less than solemn. It's important that silent movies are not lost, a problem especially acute in countries that are not central in the world stage. Seeing movies like this allows us to go into a time tunnel, and see the world as previous generations saw it, and this seems to me to be enough justification for rescuing films like this.
