Mercedes Morán

Pablo Neruda was the pen-name (and later legal name) of Chilean poet, diplomat and politician Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto, who lived from July 12, 1904 to September 23, 1973. In 1971, he won the Nobel Prize for Literature.  Lyrical, poetic and steeped in politics, Neruda is what I would term a “festival” film; one for purists. It’s…