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No (2012)
, 1h57Directed by Pablo Larraín
Origin Mexique
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Politique, Théâtre, Transport films, Political films, Films about Latin American military dictatorships, Films based on plays
Actors Gael García Bernal, Antonia Zegers, Néstor Cantillana, Luis Gnecco, Richard Dreyfuss, Alfredo Castro
After fifteen years of military dictatorship but facing considerable international pressure, the public of Chile is asked by the government to vote in the national plebiscite of 1988 on whether General Augusto Pinochet should stay in power for another eight years or whether there should be an open democratic presidential election the next year.
Sweet Country (1987)
, 2h28Directed by Michael Cacoyannis
Origin Grece
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Politique, Théâtre, Transport films, Political films, Films about Latin American military dictatorships, Films based on plays
Actors Jane Alexander, John Cullum, Carole Laure, Katia Dandoulaki, Randy Quaid, Giannis Voglis
Fondé sur le roman éponyme de Caroline Richards. À New York, Anna et Paul se retrouvent lors de la projection d'un documentaire sur le Chili. Les retrouvailles rappellent les années 1970 à Anna qu'elle vécut au Chili durant la dictature de Pinochet.
Salvador (1986)
, 2h2Directed by Oliver Stone
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Historical
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Politique, Political films, Films about Latin American military dictatorships
Actors James Woods, James Belushi, Michael Murphy, John Savage, Elpidia Carrillo, Cynthia Gibb
Veteran photojournalist Richard Boyle has been taking his camera to the world's trouble spots for over 20 years; while he does good work, Boyle's fondness for booze and drugs, and his colossal arrogance, have given him a reputation that's left him practically unemployable. Broke and with no immediate prospects, Boyle and his buddy Doctor Rock, an out-of-work disc jockey, head to El Salvador, where Boyle is convinced that he can scare up some lucrative freelance work amidst the nation's political turmoil. However, when Boyle and Rock witness the execution of a student by government troops just as they enter the country, it becomes clear that this war is more serious than they were expecting. Increasingly convinced that El Salvador is a disaster starting to happen, Boyle eventually decides that it's time to get out; but he has fallen in love with a woman named Maria, and he doesn't want to leave her behind.
Men with Guns (1998)
, 2h7Directed 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.
Apartment Zero (1989)
, 2h4Directed by Martin Donovan
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, LGBT-related films, Political films, Films about Latin American military dictatorships, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Hart Bochner, Colin Firth, Liz Smith, Dora Bryan, Mirella D'Angelo, Fabrizio Bentivoglio
Adrian LeDuc (Firth) is the owner of a revival house in Buenos Aires. Adrian is emotionally repressed, prone to suspicion and paranoia, devoted to old movies and to his mother, who resides in a nursing home, suffering from dementia. Adrian visits her frequently, holding conversations that, as her illness progresses, become increasingly one-sided. Adrian is a tenant in a rundown apartment building; he lives in apartment 10, although the 1 is missing from his door (hence the film's title). Apart from his mother, the core of his emotional life is movies--specifically classic American movies and stars. Apartment Zero opens with a shot of Adrian in his theater, watching the final scene of Touch of Evil.
Baptism of Blood (2007)
, 1h34Origin Bresil
Genres Drama, Thriller, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Films about religion, Films about suicide, Transport films, Political films, Films about Latin American military dictatorships
Actors Caio Blat, Cássio Gabus Mendes, Marcélia Cartaxo, Cynthia Falabella, Jean-Pierre Moulin, Babu Santana
In 1968, the Dominican friars of São Paulo became part of the resistance against the military dictatorship in Brazil. Under the pseudonyms of "Tito", "Betto", "Oswaldo", "Fernando", and "Ivo", the friars join the Ação Libertadora Nacional, a communist guerrilla movement headed by Carlos Marighella. The friars' superior, Diogo, recommends them to be more careful, and they decide to disperse themselves.
Waking the Dead (2000)
, 1h45Directed 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.
Four Days in September (1997)
, 1h50Directed 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.
Nostalgia for the Light (2010)
, 1h30Directed by Patricio Guzmán
Origin Chili
Genres Drama, Documentary
Themes Seafaring films, Politique, Transport films, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about politics, Political films, Films about Latin American military dictatorships
Actors Patricio Guzmán, Víctor González
Nostalgia for the Light opens with a view of a telescope and images of our moon. The narrator, Patricio Guzmán, describes how he came to love astronomy and begins to remember his childhood where “only the present moment existed.” Soon, Chile became the center of the world as astronomers and scientists flocked to Chile to observe the universe through the thin and clear skies. We next see Guzmán walking in the Atacama Desert, a place with absolutely no moisture, so much so that it resembles the surface of Mars. This desert, and its abundance of history, becomes the focus of the documentary. Because of how dry it is, the desert hosts the untouched remains of fish, mollusks, Indian carvings, and even mummified humans.
O Príncipe (2002)
, 1h42Origin Bresil
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films, Films about Latin American military dictatorships
Actors Bruna Lombardi, Otávio Augusto, Felipe Folgosi
Romero (1989)
, 1h42Directed by John Duigan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Documentary, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Films about religion, Transport films, Political films, Films about Latin American military dictatorships
Actors Raúl Juliá, Richard Jordan, Ana Alicia, Harold Gould, Tony Plana, Al Ruscio
During the 1977 El Salvadoran presidential elections, amid public unrest and a guerrilla uprising, the military regime sends death squads to detain, torture and kill any people who speak out against its human rights record. The Vatican elevates conservative Oscar Arnulfo Romero (Raul Julia) to the position of Archbishop of San Salvador, hoping that he will accept the status quo. Although conservative, Romero is afraid of the government's increasing hostility. After the assassination of Father Rutilio Grande (Richard Jordan), an outspoken Jesuit advocate for the poor, Romero begins to take a stand against the government's policies, prompting the death squads to begin targeting priests.
Olympic Garage (1999)
, 1h38Directed 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.
Tony Manero (2008)
, 1h38Directed by Pablo Larraín
Origin Chili
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Politique, Serial killer films, Musical films, Political films, Films about Latin American military dictatorships
Actors Alfredo Castro, Amparo Noguera, Marcial Tagle, Antonia Zegers
En 1979, dans le Chili de Pinochet, un minable fan de La Fièvre du samedi soir est prêt à tout pour remporter un concours de sosies de Tony Manero organisé par la télévision.
Chronicle of an Escape (2006)
, 1h43Directed by Adrián Caetano
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Politique, Transport films, Political films, Films about Latin American military dictatorships, Children's films
Actors Rodrigo de la Serna, Pablo Echarri, Micaela Vázquez
In 1977, Claudio Tamburrini (Rodrigo de la Serna) was a goalie for a minor league soccer team when he was kidnapped by members of the Argentine secret military police. He is taken to a detention center known as Sere Mansion: an old dilapidated house in the suburban neighborhood of Morón on the suspicion he is an anti-government terrorist.
Clandestine Childhood (2012)
, 1h52Origin Argentine
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Politique, Transport films, Political films, Films about Latin American military dictatorships
Actors Natalia Oreiro, Cristina Banegas
Clandestine Childhood a historical film set in the Cold War time period in Argentina referred to as the Dirty War. The main characters in the film are a married couple of Montoneros living in Cuba, and their two children. With the help of their "Uncle Beto" they forge new identities and return to the country to take part in the counteroffensive. The film is narrated from the point of view of Juan, one of their children.