It’s 1948 and the Cold War has reached Chile. In congress, Senator Pablo Neruda (Luis Gnecco) accuses the government of betraying the Communist Party and is swiftly impeached by President González Videla (Alfredo Castro). Police Prefect Oscar Peluchonneau (Gael García Bernal) is assigned to arrest the poet. Neruda tries to flee the country with his wife, the painter Delia del Carril (Mercedes Morán), but they are forced into hiding.

Inspired by the dramatic events of his new life as a fugitive, Neruda writes his epic collection of poems, “Canto General”. Meanwhile, in Europe, the legend of the poet hounded by the policeman grows, and artists led by Pablo Picasso clamor for Neruda’s freedom. Neruda, however, sees this struggle with his nemesis Peluchonneau as an opportunity to reinvent himself. He plays with the inspector, leaving clues designed to make their game of cat-and-mouse more dangerous, more intimate. In this story of a persecuted poet and his implacable adversary, Neruda recognises his own heroic possibilities: a chance to become both a symbol for liberty and a literary legend.

Neruda is the acclaimed 2016 film from Pablo Larraín, the Chilean director of such acclaimed works as Tony Manero, Post Mortem, No and The Club. It stars Gael García Bernal (The Motorcycle Diaries, No), Luis Gnecco (No, Aurora), Mercedes Morán (The Motorcycle Diaries, Whisky Romeo Zulu) and Emilio Gutiérrez Caba (Small Country, Palm Trees in the Snow).

Neruda will be released in the UK on Blu-ray, DVD, iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, Curzon Home Cinema and BFI Player on 10 July 2017 by Network Releasing at the RRP of £14.99 for the Blu-ray and £12.99 for the DVD.

Special features:

• BFI’s Maria Delgado interviews Pablo Larraín and Gael García Bernal
• Trailer