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Kill Pinochet (2020)

Kill Pinochet poster
Original title
Matar a Pinochet
Directed by
Juan Ignacio Sabatini
Genre
drama film, thriller film
Country
Chile
Runtime
1h 21m
Rated
16
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 22 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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The film follows members of a Chilean resistance group as they plan to assassinate dictator Augusto Pinochet in 1986. It focuses on the logistics and tensions of their operation in the Cajón del Maipo region.

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What happens

Kill Pinochet (Spanish: Matar a Pinochet, known early in the production stage as Los fusileros) is a 2020 thriller drama film co-written and directed by Juan Ignacio Sabatini, based on the attempted assassination of Augusto Pinochet in September 1986. It follows the story of the Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front members as they develop a plan to kill the Chilean dictator in Cajón del Maipo in 1986, known as "Operación Siglo XX". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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