Chronicle of an Escape 2006
- Director: Israel Adrián Caetano
- Based on the book: no
- Cast: Rodrigo de la Serna, Pablo Echari, Nazareno Casera and many others I don’t know
- Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
- None of them
- Why? The subject
- Seen: 24 February 2024
Argentina 1977, military dictatorship, desaparcidas.
Young Claudio (de la Serna), goalkeeper
for a small football team, is arrested illegally by government forces,
imprisoned, tortured, for week, then months.
It’s a pity that the film glosses over the
politics behind the story – essentially a fascist government hunting and
hounding and kidnapping and killing leftist activists. Instead, Claudio is
innocent, and yes, that happened too. But still.
It’s a strong and well-done thriller based on true events and real people, but less thriller, less escape, and more politics would have made it even better.
3½
* of 5
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