Il pleut sur Santiago (It Is Raining on Santiago) Page #2

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of the successful candidate...

no matter who that is...

as soon as the Minister of the Interior

has proclaimed the official results.

The hours which

I have just lived through...

are surely the most painful

and most cruel of my life.

I wouldn't have believed

that a man...

as deeply Christian...

and as democratic as I am...

could be made to suffer

a more cruel experience.

I'm asking

the Minister of the Interior...

to publish the election results

immediately.

I assure you...

it's one thing to acknowledge

the results of an election...

but it's quite another to hand

the country over to communists.

Parliamentary procedures

leave us a lot of power.

We won't make his life easy.

Salvador Allende has won!

Comrades, President Allende,

the president-elect...

invites everyone to assemble in front

of the Chilean Student Federation.

Quiet, please. Hold it.

The president insisted on this.

Don't provoke the enemy!

Assemble quietly!

I will not be

simply another president.

I will be the first president...

in the history of Chile...

to lead a truly democratic...

and revolutionary

people's government.

General, may I remind you...

that we still have an armored unit

in front of the presidential palace?

Recall the 2nd Armored Regiment.

THE DAY OF THE COUP D'ETA

Come in, Valparaiso.

It's over an hour.

Valparaiso was

in touch with us at 5:16.

Since then, nothing.

- And the army?

- We're looking for it.

Don't worry. If there's a loyal regiment

left, we're bound to find it.

I'll tell the president.

- What about Valparaiso?

- Nothing, Mr. President.

Valparaiso doesn't answer.

We have no contact at all.

It was only yesterday that

the commander in chief...

told the president that the army

would respect the constitution...

and support

the government in power.

General Pinochet

gave his personal assurance.

- I'm optimistic.

- Don't let him fool you.

Pinochet is with the others.

In fact, he's really their leader.

They'll do whatever he says.

Don't you realize

Valparaiso will never reply?

- What time is it?

- 6:
30.

Ask the operator how long

for a line to Paris.

Operator, how long a wait

for Paris, please?

One hour.

No, I don't have time.

I'll call later.

Thank you, operator.

I'm a student at the polytechnic.

I want to talk to your leaders.

Listen, Monique. If you don't hear

from me in an hour...

you must call Paris, okay?

It's 6:
35.

Take this down. "Santiago,

the 11 th of September, 1973.

Yesterday, the Chilean fleet

suddenly broke off joint maneuvers...

Wait.

"It appears that

the authorities at Santiago...

have lost all contact

with Valparaiso."

Poor Augusto.

He said it was going

to start like this.

Remember the other evening

when he said that?

I know, and he was right.

Put this down.

"A usually reliable source..."

No. "A very reliable source...

stated that President Allende

had been informed...

that several ships

of the Chilean navy...

had aboard them intelligence agents

of the American navy...

and of the Brazilian navy.

The situation in Santiago

is still unclear...

but a confrontation seems imminent

in the next few hours."

Say hello to our comrades

in the other factories.

- What's your name?

- Hugo.

- Good luck, Hugo.

- Best of luck to you too.

I have to go to my house

for a few minutes, okay?

We have one aim:

To destroy Marxism!

A single opponent:

Every single friend of Marxism.

After today, it won't exist.

Our mission is clear.

We've been told that

not all the left is Marxist.

That may be so, but the left

plays into the Marxists' hands.

It plays into their hands

by splitting the country in two!

Since the communists

came to power...

they have been setting

one half of Chile against the other.

And so we hear our glorious Chile

once more calling to her loyal sons...

to her armed forces,

to help her in her hour of need.

You men have been chosen

for a proud mission...

on this 11 th of September.

Any man who doesn't agree

with what I've just said...

is free to state his opinion,

to have the courage of his convictions.

Is that all?

Nobody else?

Arrest them!

"State Technical University -

The People Against Fascism"

Get up! Come, wake up, all of you!

On your feet!

Come on, wake up, will you?

The army's moving...

tanks, the whole thing!

I got through to the radio station.

They'll start sending the message.

Call up every comrade

living near a barracks.

Don't speak when they answer.

Let it ring till they answer

and then hang up.

They know what they have to do!

Okay, get going. Fast!

A pleasant day to you

from Radio Chile.

Today, Tuesday, the 11 th of September,

we begin our program...

a little earlier than usual.

How about something funny?

Something crazy to start the day?

How about this?

Today, the 11 th of September...

so close to springtime...

would you believe it's raining

on Santiago and Easter Island?

Yes, ladies and gentlemen,

strange but true.

It's raining on Santiago

and on Easter Island.

The army has one mission:

To quickly bring to an end...

as peacefully as possible to the chaos

caused by the Marxist regime.

Tell us, are you for the army

or for the Marxists?

- I'm for the army!

- Dismissed!

Lieutenant Herrera, 7 th Company.

Herrera, let's talk man to man.

We're aware of your leanings.

In my opinion, it's no more

than youthful exuberance.

But today, Herrera,

the army itself is being threatened.

The army in which you have

the honor to serve...

in the accomplishment

of its glorious purpose.

It's your choice, Herrera.

If the destiny you mention

includes the ousting...

of the legal government

of President Allende...

don't count on me.

In the name of everything

the army ever taught me...

in the name of the honor

I am proud to have upheld...

I won't obey any order

of this nature.

Yes, it's really raining

on Santiago and Easter Island.

Call right away. It's a riddle of course,

but I'm sure you've already solved it.

So hurry and call in.

You could win a fine work of art.

Well?

All the garrisons in Santiago

are preparing to go against us, sir.

Many of our comrades...

say they heard rifle reports

at the garrison at Buin.

It appears they've been

shooting the soldiers...

who refused to march

against the president.

I see.

What does my friend

Olivares think?

I think it's the moment

of truth, Salvador.

That's the bullfighter in you talking.

Well, it's time to enter the arena.

I ought to be at my post.

We'll all go to my office

in La Moneda.

I'm not going on a picnic.

Can I have your little cow?

All right? I'll keep it.

A cow with so much milk

will bring me luck.

A real good-luck charm.

See you soon, comrades.

You're the men of the house now.

Show what big men you are.

Let's go.

No getting up to tricks, men.

Comrade.

Jose, if there's any shooting,

watch yourself, please.

Don't you worry. We know

how to deal with the fascists.

They've got to be stopped

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