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political activism

Khalid Shamis Director

In 1981, seven Libyan exiles formed the core opposition group to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. Thirty years later, they are back to their country only to inherit the mess he left. The film is an intricate blend of rare first-hand accounts, propaganda archival material turned on its head, evocative cinematography and an untold history of a country.

Azor

2021

French

6.5

♡ 12

98%

rumors

swiss bank

Andreas Fontana Director

Rafael Fernandez as Concierge / Conserje Hotel

Mariano Llinás as Homme du bar / Hombre en la barra

Fabrizio Rongione as Ivan de Wiel

Elli Medeiros as Magdalena Padel-Camón / Alicia Domecq

Yvan De Wiel, a private banker from Geneva, is going to Argentina in the midst of a dictatorship to replace his partner, the object of the most worrying rumors, who disappeared overnight. Between hushed lounges, swimming pools, and gardens under surveillance, a remote duel takes place between two bankers who, despite different methods, are the accomplices of a discreet and merciless form of colonization.

Adriana's Pact

2017

7.6

♡ 1

pinochet regime

santiago, chile

Lissette Orozco Director

Lissette Orozco as Self

Adriana Rivas as Self

Lissette's favorite aunt Adriana, who lives in Australia, is arrested in 2007 while visiting her family in Chile and accused of having worked for dictator Pinochet's notorious secret police, the DINA, and of having participated in the commission of state crimes. When Adriana denies these accusations, Lissette begins to investigate her story in order to film a documentary about her.

Trauma

2017

4.7

♡ 5

24%

trauma

Lucio A. Rojas Director

Catalina Bianchi as Mamá de Juan

Felipe Ríos as Mario

Nicolás Platovsky as Mirista 2

Eduardo Paxeco as Pedro

Four friends visit a rural locality of Chile, are brutally attacked by a man and his son. After not finding help in the town, they decide to confront these men with the help of a pair of policemen. But in this way, they will discover that their attackers have in their blood the direct legacy of the darkest period of Chilean history and will have to face the most brutal enemy.

The Clan

2015

6.9

♡ 29

85%

buenos aires, argentina

Crime

Drama

kidnapping

ransom

Pablo Trapero Director

Guillermo Francella as Arquímedes Puccio

Jesús Berenguer as Contempomi

Franco Masini as Guillermo Puccio

Stefanía Koessl as Mónica

In Argentina, between 1982 and 1985, the Puccios, a well-established family of San Isidro, an upper-class suburb of Buenos Aires, kidnap several people and hold them as hostages for a ransom.

Kóblic

2016

6.4

71%

state crimes

Sebastián Borensztein Director

Ricardo Darín as Koblic

Inma Cuesta as Nancy

Abian Padrón as Preso 8

Rafael Ayuso as Preso 9

Colonia Helena, Argentina. The mysterious Tomás Kóblic, a former Navy pilot, works as a fumigator while dealing with his dark past and the intrigues of the corrupt police commissioner…

1987: When the Day Comes

2017

Korean

7.7

♡ 33

82%

Joon-Hwan Jang Director

Kim Yun-Seok as Park Cheo-Won Na Chul

Na Chul as Public Security Office Investigator

Lee Hee-Jun as Reporter Yoon Sang-Sam

Tae-ri Kim as Yeon-Hee

In 1987 Korea, under an oppressive military regime, a college student gets killed during a police interrogation involving torture. Government of officials are quick to cover up the death and order the body to be cremated. A prosecutor who is supposed to sign the cremation release, raises questions about a 21-year-old kid dying of a heart attack, and he begins looking into the case for truth. Despite a systematic attempt to silence everyone involved in the case, the truth gets out, causing an eruption of public outrage.

The Wolf House

2018

7.5

♡ 20

96%

pinochet regime

stop motion

Joaquín Cociña Director

Karina Hyland as Introduction

Carlos Cociña as Introduction

Amalia Kassai as María

Rainer Krause as Wolf

After escaping from a religious colony in Chile, Maria seeks shelter in a mansion where she’s taken in by two pigs, its only inhabitants. Like in a stop-motion dream, the universe of the house reacts to her feelings. The animals slowly morph into humans and the house into a dark, menacing world.

Four Days in September

1997

Portuguese

7.4

♡ 2

59%

plot

revolutionary