Jorge Hernán Müller Silva (born 10 January 1947),[1] a Chilean cinematographer,[2] and his girlfriend, Carmen Cecilia Bueno Cifuentes (born 16 July 1950),[3][4] a Chilean actress[5][6] and filmmaker,[7] were left activists from the Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR)[8] who were detained on 29 November 1974 by security police during the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.[9] While held in Villa Grimaldi, it is believed that they both were subjected to torture.[10] Their fate remains unknown.[11][1][12][13]
Jorge Müller | |
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| Born | Jorge Hernán Müller Silva 10 January 1947 Santiago de Chile, Chile |
| Disappeared | 29 November 1974 (aged 27) Villa Grimaldi |
| Status | Missing for 49 years, 11 months and 3 days |
| Occupation | Cinematographer |
| Known for | The Battle of Chile, disappearance and being tortured |
| Partner | Carmen Bueno |
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Carmen Bueno | |
|---|---|
| Born | Carmen Cecilia Bueno Cifuentes 16 July 1950 Santiago de Chile, Chile |
| Disappeared | November 29, 1974 (aged 24) Villa Grimaldi |
| Status | Missing for 49 years, 11 months and 3 days |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, filmmaker |
| Known for | The Promised Land, disappearance and being tortured |
| Partner | Jorge Müller |
Biographies
editJorge Müller was a cinematographer and also worked on Camera and Electrical and Sound Department who had studied at the Film School of the University of Chile at Viña del Mar and had worked as an assistant cameraman and director of photography on many award-winning Chilean and international productions, including documentaries such as The Battle of Chile – part I, part II, and part III, The First Year, Brazil: A Report On Torture, and The Promised Land as well as other feature films. Carmen Bueno was known for being in movies such as The Battle of Chile,[14][15] A la sombra del sol, and was production assistant on the documentary El primer año.[16]
Disappearance
editBueno and Müller, who were both Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR) activists, were interrogated and tortured at Villa Grimaldi before they "disappeared" on 29 November 1974,[11][17][18] in a prison detention camp, after they were seized and forced into a car by agents who were working for the Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional (DINA), an agency modeled after the Nazi Gestapo.
Prior to this, Bueno and Müller had attended a party with the cast and crew of another film that had opened the night before at a place called Cine Las Condes. When they left for work at Chile Films, they never arrived. Later on agents who had appeared to be civilians based on the way they were dressed claimed to have seen them earlier.
Virtually no information became available regarding their whereabouts or their physical condition as their families and friends unsuccessfully attempted to make contact with them.[19] Subsequently, two former prisoners of the Tres Álamos concentration camp near Santiago said that they had seen Bueno there. One reported having seen Bueno in very bad physical condition while being forcefully carried by two men. He stated that for several weeks straight she was taken on a daily basis to long torture sessions where she was serially raped. After which they would bring her back with her legs half paralyzed, and where they could hear her screaming in severe agony both during the day and night. Another former prisoner also testified that both Müller and Bueno had been subjected to beatings and torture with electric current being used upon them.
The following month, Müller's mother was told that she would be able to see her son, but later learned that visiting at the camp was not permitted, so she was unable to do so. Events like this later became well documented.[20]
Aftermath
editIn November 2015, 56 former DINA agents received prison sentences for the crime of torturing Bueno and Müller.[21] Müller's mother has written about her son and Bueno's disappearance in a book called Tapestries of Hope, Threads of Love: The Arpillera Movement in Chile.[22] A book about Bueno's disappearance called The Disappearance of Carmen Bueno was also written and published by Lisa Stewart.[23]
Spanish music videos posted on YouTube and websites have been made to honor Bueno that shows her life events and her kidnapping as well.[24]
See also
editReferences
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- ^ "Carmen Bueno discography". RateYourMusic. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
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- ^ Montecino, Marcelo (8 August 2013), My friend Carmen Bueno, actress, disappeared by secret police, Santiago, 1973, retrieved 26 August 2019
- ^ "Garay Hermosilla et al. v. Chile, Case 10.843, Report No. 36/96, Inter-Am.C.H.R., OEA/Ser.L/V/II.95 Doc. 7 rev. at 156 (1997)". hrlibrary.umn.edu. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
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- ^ Informe de la Comisión Nacional de Verdad y Reconciliación". Santiago. Edición Oficial. 1991. p. 793.
- ^ "CORTE DE SANTIAGO CONDENA A 31 EXAGENTES DE LA DINA POR SECUESTRO CALIFICADO DE CINEASTAS - Noticias del Poder Judicial - Poder Judicial". www.pjud.cl. Archived from the original on 7 January 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ^ "Chilean Arpilleras 1975–1990". ufdc.ufl.edu. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
- ^ a b Dreifus, Claudia (6 September 1998). "FILM; The New Battle of Chile: Keeping Memory Alive". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ "Chile Kills Filmmakers". ejumpcut.org. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
- ^ Aguirre, Carmen (3 October 2017). Mexican Hooker #1: Art, Love and Forgiveness After Trauma. Random House of Canada. ISBN 9780345813855.
- ^ Dreifus, Claudia (6 September 1998). "FILM; The New Battle of Chile: Keeping Memory Alive". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 15 May 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
- ^ "The Battle of Chile". Not Even Past. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ^ "Bueno Cifuentes, Carmen Cecilia". memoriaviva.com. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ^ Sandhu, Sukhdev (20 July 2012). "Patricio Guzmán, Chile's master of documentary, focuses on the stars". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
- ^ "Carmen Bueno". IMDb. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
- ^ "Cineastas detenidos desaparecidos: Carmen Bueno y Jorge Müller". La Izquierda Diario.
- ^ Aitken, Ian (18 October 2013). Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film 3-Volume Set. Routledge. ISBN 9781135206277.
- ^ V, Vyeruska (14 December 2015). "Condenan a 56 agentes DINA por la desaparición de pareja de..."
- ^ Agosín, Marjorie (2008). Tapestries of Hope, Threads of Love: The Arpillera Movement in Chile. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780742540033.
- ^ "The Disappearance of Carmen Bueno". goodreads.com. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- ^ Homenaje a Carmen Bueno Cifuentes – DD.DD Chile, retrieved 24 August 2019
Biography
edit- Comisión Nacional de Verdad y Reconciliación (1991). Informe de la Comisión Nacional de Verdad y Reconciliación. Santiago: Edición Oficial.