
Laura reunites with Santiago, a former boyfriend from her youth. Together, they will recall the days when they were college students and what their lives became since then. Laura will have to choose between rediscovering an old love and reaffirming her present.
Directed by Gisela Peláez, Abyss leans on a strong ensemble — Natacha Córdoba, Jorge Nolasco, Ramiro Vayo — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about screen titles of 2015.
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Santiago, capital of Chile during the Marxist government of elected, highly controversial president Salvador Allende. Father McEnroe supports his leftist views by introducing a program at the prestigious "collegio" (Catholic prep school) St. Patrick to allow free admission of some proletarian kids. One of them is Pedro Machuca, slum-raised son of the cleaning lady in Gonzalo Infante's liberal-bourgeois home. Yet the new classmates become buddies, paradoxically protesting together as Gonzalo gets adopted by Pedro's slum family and gang. But the adults spoil that too, not in the least when general Pinochet's coup ousts Allende, and supporters such as McEnroe.
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