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Operación Masacre (1973)

Operación Masacre poster
Directed by
Jorge Cedrón
Genre
drama film
Country
Argentina
Runtime
1h 55m
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Based on a nonfiction book, the film dramatizes the real-life 1956 massacre of suspected political dissidents during an Argentine dictatorship. It follows the victims and their families in the aftermath of the killings. The movie was shot in secret under a repressive regime and released after democracy returned.

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What happens

Operación Masacre (transl. "Operation Massacre") is a 1973 historical drama film co-written and directed by Jorge Cedrón and based on the nonfiction book of the same name by Rodolfo Walsh, who also wrote the script. It stars Norma Aleandro, Víctor Laplace, Ana María Picchio, Walter Vidarte and Julio Troxler. It was filmed clandestinely (in hiding) from 1970 to 1972, during the self-styled "Argentine Revolution" dictatorship (1966–1973), and released when democracy was reinstalled in the country, especifically on September 27, 1973. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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