{{Infobox film | name = Jailbreak Pact | image = Jailbreak Pact poster.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = David Albala | writer = David Albala<br>Cecilia Ruz<br>Loreto Caro-Valdés<br>Susana Quiroz-Saavedra | producer = David Albala | starring = Benjamín Vicuña<br>Roberto Farías<br>Francisca Gavilán<br>Amparo Noguera<br>Víctor Montero<br>Diego Ruiz<br>Catalina Martín<br>Eusebio Arenas | cinematography = Jorge González | editing = David Albala<br>José Córdova-Llanos | music = Juan Cristóbal Meza | studio = Calibre 71 Producciones<br>Storyboard Media | distributor = 20th Century Fox | released = {{Film date|df=yes|2020|01|23}} | runtime = 138 minutes | country = Chile | language = Spanish | budget = $2.8 million<ref>{{Cite web |last=González |first=Rodrigo |date=2019-10-01 |title=Pacto de Fuga: claustrofobia en la cárcel pública |url=https://www.latercera.com/culto/2019/10/01/pacto-fuga-claustrofobia-la-carcel-publica/ |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=La Tercera}}</ref> | gross = }} '''''Jailbreak Pact''''' (Spanish: '''''Pacto de fuga''''') is a 2020 Chilean action thriller film directed by David Albala<ref>{{Cite web |title=Director de "Pacto de Fuga" entrega detalles del filme que rodó en La Serena |url=https://www.diarioeldia.cl/magazine/2019/10/18/director-de-pacto-de-fuga-entrega-detalles-del-filme-que-rodo-en-la-serena-66565.html |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=www.diarioeldia.cl |language=spanish}}</ref> (in his directorial debut)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brodersen |first=Diego |date=2020-08-26 |title="Pacto de fuga": el gran escape {{!}} Thriller carcelario protagonizado por Benjamín Vicuña |url=https://www.pagina12.com.ar/287832-pacto-de-fuga-el-gran-escape |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=PAGINA12 |language=es}}</ref> who co-wrote the script along with Cecilia Ruz, Loreto Caro-Valdés and Susana Quiroz-Saavedra.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Agente |first=El |title=Pacto de fuga (2): Una salida a cucharadas {{!}} El Agente {{!}} Crítica de Cine |url=http://www.elagentecine.cl/cine-chileno-2/pacto-de-fuga-2-una-salida-cucharadas/ |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=El Agente Cine |language=en}}</ref> It stars Benjamín Vicuña, Roberto Farías, Francisca Gavilán, Amparo Noguera, Víctor Montero, Diego Ruiz, Catalina Martín and Eusebio Arenas.<ref>{{Cite web |last=culturizarte |date=2020-09-23 |title="Pacto de Fuga" se abre camino internacional con miras a ser opción por Chile a los Premios Oscar |url=https://culturizarte.cl/pacto-de-fuga-se-abre-camino-internacional-con-miras-a-ser-opcion-por-chile-a-los-premios-oscar/ |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=CULTURIZARTE - Toda la cultura de Chile en un lugar |language=es}}</ref> It is inspired by the prison escape that occurred on 30 January 1990, known as Operation Success in the Public Jail of Santiago.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-02-05 |title=Pacto de Fuga, película basada en escape de presos políticos, se exhibe en el Espacio Akana |url=https://edicioncero.cl/2020/02/pacto-de-fuga-pelicula-basada-en-escape-de-presos-politicos-se-exhibe-en-el-espacio-akana/ |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=Edición Cero |language=es}}</ref>
The film was named on the shortlist for Chilean's entry for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rivera |first=Diego |date=2020-11-16 |title=Five Chilean Movies Competing For An Oscar Nomination |url=https://chiletoday.cl/five-chilean-movies-competing-for-an-oscar-nomination/ |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=Chile Today |language=EN-US}}</ref> but it was not selected.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2020-11-19 |title="El Agente Topo" será el representante de Chile en los premios Oscar |url=https://www.fotech.cl/el-agente-topo-sera-el-representante-de-chile-en-los-premios-oscar/2020/11/19/ |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=Fotech.cl |language=es-CL}}</ref>
== Synopsis == In the Santiago Public Prison, 24 inmates secretly dug a tunnel over 80 meters long, hiding 55 tons of earth within the prison. The construction, which took them more than a year, was completed using nothing more than a screwdriver. Neither the neighboring prisoners nor the guards who monitored them daily uncovered the plan, which ultimately led to the escape of 49 inmates in one of the most astonishing jailbreaks in Chilean criminal history.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pacto de fuga |url=https://cinechile.cl/pelicula/pacto-de-fuga/ |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=Cinechile |language=es}}</ref>
== Cast == The actors participating in this film are:<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-27 |title=Reparto de Pacto de fuga (película 2020). Dirigida por David Albala |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/peliculas-series/peliculas/pacto-de-fuga-596247/actores |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=La Vanguardia |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Reparto Completo de Pacto de Fuga (Cine.com) |url=https://www.cine.com/pelicula/pacto-de-fuga/reparto |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=cine.com |language=es}}</ref> {{cast listing| * Benjamín Vicuña as León Vargas * Roberto Farías as Rafael Jiménez * Víctor Montero as Germán Sánchez * Francisca Gavilán as Paulina Baeza * Amparo Noguera as Fabiola Pizarro * Diego Ruiz as Oscar Lira * Eusebio Arenas as Dr. Patricio Velasquez * Mateo Iribarren as Prosecutor Andrade * Willy Semler as Warden Jorquera * Patricio Contreras as Rodolfo Ternicier * Roberto Peña as Lalo Sotomayor * Pablo Teillier as Mario Quezada * Gonzalo Canelo as "Bigote" * Luis Dubó as Hugo Salgado * Hugo Medina as Father Gerard Fovet * Christian Quevedo as Sergeant Bravo - 'El Perro' * Mauricio Rojas as Sergeant Arévalo - 'El Mozo' * Edinson Díaz as Sergeant Castro - 'Paco Braulio' * Jose Luis Aguilera as Sergeant González - 'Care'Poker' * Catalina Martin as Quena * Jorge Antezana as Pancho Antilef * Eduardo Reyes as Emilio Muñoz * Vladimir Huaquiñir as Nicolai Castillo * Sebastián Ramírez as Xavier Rojas * Pablo Muza as Benjamín Canto * Sergio Díaz as José Caro * Roberto Cobian as Luis Fernández * Serge Santana as Sergio Llanos * Mauricio Roa as "El Oso" * César Quintanilla as "El Econo" * Julio Fuentes as Alejandro Lira * Miguel Toro as Benito Aliaga * Alberto Ellena as Gastón Velásquez * Amaia Cardemil as Matilde * Simón Beltrán as Boris * Jaime Muñoz as Joaquín * Franco Vidal as Felipe Osorio * Juan Díaz Garay as Cape Droguett * Yerko García as Solorza }}
== Production == Principal photography began on 22 November 2017, and ended on 15 January 2018, in Santiago, Chile.<ref>{{Cite web |title=LatAm cinema » "Pacto de fuga": thriller histórico chileno con gran elenco llegará a salas en 2018 |url=https://www.latamcinema.com/pacto-de-fuga-thriller-historico-chileno-con-gran-elenco-llegara-a-salas-en-2018/ |access-date=2023-07-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Benjamín Vicuña filma "Pacto de Fuga" |url=https://noticine.com/noticias/rodajes/26766-benjamin-vicuna-filma-pacto-de-fuga.html |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=noticine.com}}</ref>
== Release == ''Jailbreak Pact'' was scheduled to premiere on 24 October 2019, in Chilean theaters,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Inostroza |first=María Ignacia |date=2019-10-14 |title=Roberto Farías adelanta el estreno de "Pacto de Fuga" |url=https://www.rockandpop.cl/2019/10/roberto-farias-adelanta-el-estreno-de-pacto-de-fuga/ |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=Rock&Pop |language=es}}</ref> but it was delayed due to the social outbreak that occurred in Chile in October of that same year.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=Se suspende el estreno de la película "Pacto de Fuga" |url=https://cooperativa.cl/noticias/entretencion/cine/se-suspende-el-estreno-de-la-pelicula-pacto-de-fuga/2019-10-21/151603.html |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=Cooperativa.cl |language=Spanish}}</ref> Finally, it was released on 23 January 2020, in Chilean theaters.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Morales |first=Bruno |date=2020-01-03 |title=Se confirma fecha de estreno de la película Pacto de Fuga |url=https://www.concierto.cl/2020/01/se-confirma-fecha-de-estreno-de-la-pelicula-pacto-de-fuga/ |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=Radio Concierto Chile |language=es}}</ref>
== Reception == === Box-office === ''Jailbreak Pact'' sold 7,092 theater tickets on its first day of release.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2020-02-15 |title="Mujeres Arriba" y "Pacto de Fuga" se convierten en las mejores aperturas de cine nacional de los últimos dos años |url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/Espectaculos/2020/02/15/976732/MujeresArriba-PactoFuga-mejores-aperturas-nacionales.html |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=Emol |language=Spanish}}</ref> It increased to 125,626 viewers for its second week in theaters.<ref>{{Cite web |last=González |first=Rodrigo |date=2020-02-07 |title=Pacto de Fuga supera 125 mil personas en dos semanas |url=https://www.latercera.com/culto/2020/02/07/pacto-de-fuga-supera-125-mil-personas/ |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=La Tercera}}</ref> By the fourth week, the film grossed $250,000.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-03-20 |title=Análisis de la taquilla latinoamericana a principios de año - Cine y Tele |url=https://www.cineytele.com/2020/03/20/analisis-de-la-taquilla-latinoamericana-a-principios-de-ano/ |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=www.cineytele.com |language=es}}</ref> It ended its run in theaters having attracted 225,159 viewers to Chilean theaters.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=Ondamedia registró explosivo aumento durante los 10 primeros meses de pandemia - Gob.cl |url=https://www.gob.cl/noticias/ondamedia-registro-explosivo-aumento-durante-los-10-primeros-meses-de-pandemia/ |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=Gobierno de Chile |language=es}}</ref>
=== Critical reception === Phuong Le from ''The Guardian'' highlights the acting work of the main actors who manage to be exciting, although they become overshadowed by other elements such as forced and overexposed dialogues. However, he concludes that it still manages to be entertaining and remarkable for David Albala's directorial debut.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Le |first=Phuong |date=2021-02-23 |title=Jailbreak review – the great, ingenious, Chilean escape |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/feb/23/jailbreak-review-santiago-chile-pinochet-david-albala-jailbreak-pact |access-date=2023-07-27 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|5538670}} * ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20201101143530/http://www.pactodefuga.cl/ Official Page]''
Category:2020 films Category:2020 action thriller films Category:Chilean action films Category:Chilean thriller films Category:2020 Spanish-language films Category:2020 Chilean films Category:2020s prison films Category:Films set in Chile Category:Films shot in Chile Category:Films set in 1990 Category:Films about prison escapes Category:20th Century Fox films