Why didn`t you say so before?-What have you got to fight against the tanks?`Il pleut sur Santiago` is an interesting work because it remains eminently watchable,very accessible .Let`s put it straight:Helvio Soto`s biggest mistake is to have cast stars : Bibi Andersson,Annie Girardot,Bernard Fresson,Jean-Louis Trintignant,Nicole Calfan do nothing more than walk-on parts.Laurent Terzieff and Riccardo Cucciola have more substantial parts,but the best scenes are those which include the masses .Helvio Soto`s screenplay passes nothing over in silence: butchered democracy and so-called suicide of Allende , American intervention,copper mines and economic interests , travesties of trial,tortures and murders.He even shows some military men who refuse to obey and a deserter is executed with the `Marxist` .The political movies were very trendy in France of the seventies:but because those events were recent when the movie was made,`il pleut....` has worn well enough.