EL NEGRO

By Sergio CASTRO

STORYBOARD MEDIA - as PROD

Documentary - Post-Production 2020

Responsible for the deaths of a former police colonel and senator Jaime Guzmán, Palma served his life sentence until 1996, when he escaped from the maximum security prison, becoming the most wanted fugitive in Chile for more than 20 years, until Interpol agents arrested him in Paris on 2018.

    • Year of production
    • 2020
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • CHILE, FRANCE
    • Languages
    • SPANISH-CHILEAN, FRENCH
    • Duration
    • 90 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Sergio CASTRO
    • Writer(s)
    • Sergio CASTRO, Ana María LARA
    • Producer(s)
    • Carlos NUÑEZ (STORYBOARD MEDIA), Gabriela SANDOVAL (STORYBOARD MEDIA), Sonia PARAMO (LES FILMS FIGURES LIBRES)
    • Synopsis
    • Chile, 1986. Ricardo Palma Salamanca, “El Negro”, was part of Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front, an armed movement opposed to Pinochet’s dictatorship. Responsible for the death of a former police colonel as well as senator Jaime Guzmán, Palma was serving a life sentence when he escaped the Maximum Security Prison in 1996, becoming for more than 20 years, Chile’s most wanted fugitive, until he was captured in Paris by the Interpol in February 2018.
      His sisters and mother, who have only received a letter from him, speak for the very first time as they unwrap secrets and try to unveil his mysteries.