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Tropic of Blood is a film of genre Drama directed by Juan Delancer released in USA on 29 july 2010 with Michelle Rodríguez

Tropic of Blood (2010)

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Trópico de Sangre (English: Tropic of Blood) is a 2010 drama film based on the true story of the Dominican Republic's historic Mirabal sisters.

Synopsis

The film focuses on Minerva Mirabal and tells the true story of how she and her sisters came to represent the greatest threat to dictator Rafael Trujillo and his regime. The Mirabal sisters were involved in an underground movement against the government. They were assassinated in 1960 by men under the instruction of the Trujillo regime according to Pupo Roman, although their death was made to appear as an automobile accident. Many citizens were outraged and a few months later Trujillo was assassinated by an ambush led by Antonio de La Maza, who was played by actor Cesar Evora.

Actors

Michelle Rodríguez

(Minerva Mirabal)
César Évora

(Antonio de la Maza)
Sergio Carlo

(Manolo Tavares)
Juan Fernández de Alarcón

(Trujillo)
Claudette Lalí

(Emilia)
Celines Toribio

(Dedé Mirabal)
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