Prison in the Andes (2023)

Original title

Penal Cordillera

Directed by

Felipe Carmona

Genre

crime film

Country

Chile

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

16

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Five military generals from the Pinochet dictatorship are held in a luxurious prison called Penal Cordillera. When the government tries to move them to a regular prison, they refuse to leave.

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What happens

Prison in the Andes (Spanish: Penal Cordillera) is a 2023 drama film written and directed by Felipe Carmona in his directorial debut. Starring Bastián Bodenhöfer and Hugo Medina accompanied by Andrew Bargsted, Mauricio Pesutic, Alejandro Trejo, Óscar Hernández, Daniel Alcaíno and Juan Carlos Maldonado. It is about 5 military generals who participated in the Pinochet dictatorship and who are imprisoned in the "Penal Cordillera", a luxurious prison from which they will not want to leave when the government wants to transfer them to a regular prison. Prison in the Andes had its world premiere at the 67th BFI London Film Festival on 6 October 2023, where it competed for the Sutherland Trophy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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