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Kamchatka
Kamchatka (2002)
, 1h46
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Politique, Transport films, Political films, Films about Latin American military dictatorships
Actors Ricardo Darín, Cecilia Roth, Héctor Alterio, Leticia Brédice, María Socas

The film is seen through the eyes of a ten-year-old boy, Harry (Matías del Pozo), who does not know that Argentina's 1976 coup d'état is impacting his life.
The Lost Steps
The Lost Steps (2001)
, 1h33
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films, Films about Latin American military dictatorships
Actors Federico Luppi, Concha Velasco, Paulina Gálvez, Ricardo Arroyo

The film tells the story of Mónica Erigaray (Irene Visedo), who is twenty years old and lives with her parents Ernesto Erigaray (Luis Brandoni) and Inés (Concha Velasco). Seventeen years ago the Erigarays left Argentina and moved to Spain to live a peaceful and quiet life.
Waking the Dead
Waking the Dead (2000)
, 1h45
Directed by Keith Gordon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Themes Politique, Films about Latin American military dictatorships
Actors Billy Crudup, Jennifer Connelly, Hal Holbrook, Ed Harris, Ivonne Coll, Paul Hipp

The film flashes back and forth between the 1970s and 1980s and centers on the relationship between Fielding Pierce, a young Coast Guard officer with political ambitions, and idealistic Roman Catholic Sarah Williams, who is drawn to programs designed to better the lives of the underprivileged and has mixed feelings about his career goals.
Olympic Garage
Olympic Garage (1999)
, 1h38
Directed by Marco Bechis
Origin Italie
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Politique, Transport films, Political films, Films about Latin American military dictatorships
Actors Antonella Costa, Enrique Piñeyro, Carlos Echevarría, Dominique Sanda, Érica Rivas, Chiara Caselli

The film tells of Maria (Antonella Costa), a political activist in an Argentine organization that is fighting the oppressive military dictatorship during the Dirty War.
La cara del ángel
La cara del ángel (1999)
, 1h32
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films, Films about Latin American military dictatorships
Actors Enrique Pinti

The story takes place during the period of the ruling military junta in Argentina from the mid-seventies to the early eighties, focusing on one particular family. The story is told from the viewpoint of Nicolas, a young boy.
Men with Guns
Men with Guns (1998)
, 2h7
Directed by John Sayles
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films, Films about Latin American military dictatorships
Actors Federico Luppi, Damián Delgado, Damián Alcázar, Mandy Patinkin, Kathryn Grody, Alejandro Springall

Dr. Fuentes (Federico Luppi) is a medical professor/doctor near his retirement and his wife has recently died. He taught a group of seven -he views this as one of his greatest accomplishments- that trains young people to provide health care to impoverished citizens in the outlying hill country, where small agricultural communities struggle to survive. It is not until he begins his journey that he discovers a world much different than the one he had imagined existing for his students as he finds himself encountering guerrillas and soldiers.
Four Days in September
Four Days in September (1997)
, 1h50
Directed by Bruno Barreto
Origin Bresil
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Politique, Transport films, Political films, Films about Latin American military dictatorships
Actors Fernanda Torres, Luiz Fernando Guimarães, Pedro Cardoso, Cláudia Abreu, Alan Arkin, Matheus Nachtergaele

The film is a fictional version of the dramatic events of the 1969 abduction of the American ambassador Charles Burke Elbrick (played by Alan Arkin) in 1969. Elbrick was taken in Rio de Janeiro by the Revolutionary Movement 8th October (MR-8) with help of Ação Libertadora Nacional (ALN). Gabeira (played by Pedro Cardoso and named Paulo in the film) as a student joins the radical movement after the military takeover of the Brazilian government. He and his comrades, led by Andréia, gradually decided to kidnap the ambassador as a protest, and are shown mostly planning and executing the kidnapping. Paulo is portrayed as "the most intelligent and uncertain of the kidnappers.
Buenos Aires Vice Versa
Buenos Aires Vice Versa (1996)
, 2h2
Directed by Alejandro Agresti
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films, Films about Latin American military dictatorships
Actors Nicolás Pauls, Carlos Roffé, Carlos Galettini, Lorenzo Quinteros, Alejandro Agresti

Opening Title Graphic: As the film begins a message appears and reminds the audience that approximately 30,000 people died during the Dirty War due to the military dictatorship's reign during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Death and the Maiden
Death and the Maiden (1994)
, 1h43
Directed by Roman Polanski
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Politique, Films about sexuality, Théâtre, Transport films, Rape in fiction, Erotic films, Films about classical music and musicians, Rape and revenge films, Political films, Films about Latin American military dictatorships, Films based on plays, Auto-justice
Actors Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley, Stuart Wilson, Karen Strassman

Paulina Escobar (Weaver) is a housewife married to a prominent lawyer in an unnamed South American country. One day a storm forces her husband Gerardo (Wilson) to ride home with a charming stranger. She is convinced that the stranger, Dr. Miranda (Kingsley), was part of the old fascist regime and that he tortured and raped her for weeks while she was blindfolded. Paulina takes him captive to determine the truth. Despite attempts by both her husband and Miranda to convince her that he is innocent, Paulina is certain that he is the one, and forces her husband to be Miranda's "attorney" in the "trial" she arranges for him.
The House of the Spirits
The House of the Spirits (1993)
, 2h20
Directed by Bille August
Origin German
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Politique, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Rape in fiction, Rape and revenge films, Political films, Films about Latin American military dictatorships
Actors Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Jeremy Irons, Winona Ryder, Antonio Banderas, Vanessa Redgrave

Prologue A young woman, Blanca Trueba (Winona Ryder), arrives at a house with an old man and the young woman starts remembering her life.
Beyond Citizen Kane
Beyond Citizen Kane (1993)
, 1h45
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Documentary
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about politics, Political films, Films about Latin American military dictatorships

The documentary tracks Globo's involvement with and support of the military dictatorship; its illegal partnership of the 1960s with the American group Time Warner (at the time Time-Life); Marinho's political manoeuvrings (which included airing on Jornal Nacional, the network's prime time news program, highlights of a 1989 presidential debate edited in a way as to favour Fernando Collor de Mello); and a controversial deal involving shares of NEC Corporation and government contracts. It features interviews with 21 people, including noted Brazilian politicians and cultural figures, such as politicians Leonel Brizola and Antonio Carlos Magalhães, singer-songwriter Chico Buarque, former Justice Minister Armando Falcão, politician Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who later was elected as president; and former employees Walter Clark and Armando Nogueira.