Synopsis

“Poirot, Last Witness” is an intimate and moving documentary that portrays the photographer not only as
a privileged observer, but as a sensitive and resilient witness to collective memory. Through rediscovered negatives, personal confessions, and reunions with figures such as Isabel Allende, Joan Manuel Serrat, and Los Bunkers, the film reveals the emotional weight of looking—and being looked at. A story about the art of portraiture, the fragility of memory, and the persistence of images as a way of seeing life.

Team

• Francesc

  Relea

  Director

  Journalist and documentary filmmaker, he is the founder and co-director of What’s Up Doc, a production company for documentary films based in Barcelona. Francesc is the director of Serrat & Sabina: El símbolo y el cuate, co-produced with TVE, which premiered at the San Sebastián Film Festival in 2013. Three years later, he presented the film Ciudades a Contraluz at the 2016 International Film Week (Seminci) in Valladolid, co-produced with TVE, TV3, and Señal Colombia. The film won the award for Best Documentary for Television at the 58th International Film Festival of Cartagena de Indias.

• Ismael

  Larraín

  Producer

  Ismael Larraín (Santiago, Chile, 1978) is a Social Communicator and Publicist from the Diego Portales University and holds a Diploma in Film from the University of Chile. He has developed his career in advertising and technology companies alongside audiovisual production. He is the director and producer of the documentary Ojos Rojos (2010), and an associate producer of the feature film La Uruguaya (2022). He is currently producing Poirot, último testigo (2025), a documentary that delves into the history of a key figure in Chile’s collective memory.

• Juan Pablo

  Sallato

  Producer

  Film and television producer and director. In 2010, he premiered Ojos Rojos, which for many years was the most-watched documentary in the history of Chilean cinema. He directed Adictos al Claxon (2013), winner of the Altazor Award, La Cultura del Sexo (2015), and Libre (2021), which won the UAH Audiovisual Excellence Journalism Award. As a producer, he has worked on Zamudio: Perdidos en la Noche (2015), La Cacería (2018), Matar a Pinochet (2020), and Villa Olímpica (2022), which won an award at SANFIC. He is currently post-producing the feature film Hangar Rojo, his debut fiction feature.

• Juan Ignacio

  Sabatini

  Producer

  Film and TV director (Santiago, Chile, 1978). He trained in Barcelona with cinematographer Tomás Pladevall. He has worked in both fiction and documentary, gaining recognition for works with significant artistic impact and audience reach. His filmography includes Más allá de estos Muros (2009), Ojos Rojos (2010), and Matar a Pinochet (2020), which was nominated for Best First Feature at the Platino Awards and Best Director’s Debut at Camerimage. On TV, he has directed series such as Los Archivos del Cardenal, Zamudio: Perdidos en la Noche, La Cacería, and Poemas Malditos. He is currently working on his second fiction feature, BLANCO|ANIMAL.

Technical Info

Production year: 2025
Format: Digital Cinema
Length: Approximately 80 minutes
Director: Francesc Relea
Producers: Juan Pablo Sallato, Juan Ignacio Sabatini and Ismael Larraín
Production companies: Villano (Chile) and Whats Up Doc (Spain)