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The Official Story
Why this pick
Like A Twelve-Year Night, it confronts a South American dictatorship through intimate moral awakening, restrained tension and the lasting human cost of state violence.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
1973. Uruguay is governed by a military dictatorship. One autumn night, three Tupamaro prisoners are taken from their jail cells in a secret military operation. The order is precise: "As we can't kill them, let's drive them mad." The three men will remain in solitary confinement for twelve years. Among them is Pepe Mujica - later to become president of Uruguay.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Chino Darín
Mauricio Rosencof
Soledad Villamil
Psiquiatra
Antonio de la Torre
José Mujica
César Troncoso
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