(CNN) -- Fourteen of the 33 Chilean miners who were trapped underground for more than three months after a mine collapse in northern Chile will get lifetime pensions. The Chilean government chose the miners who will receive the lifetime pensions based on their health, age, and the opinion of the group of survivors, officials said. The miners will receive this benefit for the rest of their lives. "They feel like they have been treated with a lack of respect," writer Hector Tobar, whose account of the 33 miners entitled Deep Down Dark was the basis for the film adaptation, told Reuters. The dispute appears to have divided the group of 33 men, who were trapped for more than two months 700 metres underground after a collapse of their mine in the Atacama desert in 2010. Five years ago, a mine collapsed just outside Copiapo, Chile, trapping 33 men in its dark underbelly. ", The mine rescue turned into a celebration and expression of Chilean pride, Few events have gripped the watching world in recent times as the miners' rescue, From cave-in to freedom -- 69 days below ground, CNN's interactive gives a 360-degree sweep of the site of the Chile mine rescue, Univision fires anchor for racist Michelle Obama insult, 'Star Wars Episode 8' to be released May 2017, Talking Barbie is too 'creepy' for some parents, Scammer tries to swindle top tax-crime fighter, Government awards 14 men the equivalent of nearly $540 a month, Several are still unemployed, others do odd jobs, A biographer says they're still "heavily medicated". The miners did get famous, briefly, but certainly not rich. Several of the miners reportedly served as consultants on the film. They fight over money sometimes but when they're together, they're like a band of brothers," Franklin said. “I suffered a mental breakdown two years after the accident which led to panic attacks, insomnia and forgetfulness. Morel, who traveled to Copiapo on behalf of President Sebastian Pinera, said the miners will receive a monthly pension of 250,000 Chilean pesos, the equivalent of almost $540. Last modified on Tue 3 Nov 2015 17.32 GMT. That's not the case in Chile. Director Patricia Riggen told the Indy Star , "I flew to Chile, met with the miners, their wives, their children, with the government, with the rescuers, with the engineers and just collected all the experiences and the emotions that they went through." As Yonni Barrios carried out his first-aider duties underground a soap opera played out above ground as his wife and mistress fought over him. “Today we’re being rescued for a second time”. "When the accident happened, we put all of the resources available to us to rescue you. Many have been tortured by depression yet forced to return to mining as they have received no compensation. One of the miners, a man named Luis Urzúa, claimed to courthouse reporters that the compensation for each of the deals was not quite the sum the lawyers had led them to believe. A movie The 33, starring Antonio Banderas and Juliette Binoche, will be released in the US later this month. Available for everyone, funded by readers. Most have suffered health problems. Initially, the men promised one another not to profit from the experience, but the pact fell apart as their fame spread along with the lure of riches. The minister said the government is also helping the miners who lost their job when the mine collapsed. "I was with God, and I was with the devil.

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