Ausencia 2017 Carmen Arriagada is a woman ahead of her time A pioneer female writer with strong political opinions, something completely unusual in mid XIX century Chile Inspired on true events, the film highlights the love triangle between 3 friends Carmen, her husband Gutike a retired military official and the love of her life, the famous painter Moritz Rugendas, with whom she maintains an epistolary relationship for 10 years, with few personal encounters