Pablo Larrain / Gael Garcia Bernal - Neruda

Pablo Larraín directs this 1940s Chilean drama starring Gael García Bernal as Oscar Peluchonneau, an inspector tasked with tracking down the poet and former Senator Pablo Neruda (Luis Gnecco) who is to be arrested for his involvement with the Communist Party and denouncing the Chilean government. Forced into hiding with his wife Delia del Carril (Mercedes Morán), the fugitive poet strikes up an unexpected friendship with Peluchonneau which inspires him to pen a collection of poems. The film was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film.