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Completed - SPANISH - Crime, Historical

Log Line

1980, time of dictatorship in Bolivia, the body of Luis Espinal, a Spanish Jesuit, is found among the garbage.
40 years later, a film crew wants to make a documentary on the conditions of the assassination and uncover the truth about what happened.

Year of production : 2021

Director(s) : Marcos MALAVIA
Writer(s) : Marcos MALAVIA, Amélie DUMETZ
Cast : Reynaldo YUJRA, Antonio PEREDO, Marcos GARCIA VECIN, Ariel VARGAS, Amélie DUMETZ, Marcelo SOSA

Producer(s) : Christophe BAUDOUIN (MIA PRODUCTIONS), Alejandro FUENTES (FUENTES AUDIOVISUALES)

Synopsis

February 1980, Bolivia (time of dictatorship), Klaus Barbie signs a pact with the dictatorship of Garcia Meza.
About a month after, the body of Luis Espinal, a Spanish Jesuit, is found among the garbage. He is riddled with bullets and marked by torture. He had denounced the government’s human rights abuses, fighting against drug trafficking. This murder marked the country forever, but people don't talk about it.
40 years later, a film crew wants to make a documentary on the conditions of the assassination and uncover the truth about what happened.
The team will be confronted with the corruption and the silence that reigns in the country.

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Country(ies) : BOLIVIA


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