The Critic Magazine

Day of the junta

● THE CHILEAN MILITARY JUNTA headed by General Augusto Pinochet (1973 to 1990) and the Argentine military junta headed by Lieutenant General Jorge Videla (1976 to 1981) continue to provide a rich source of drama for their respective national cinemas.

(or in the United States) is a well-paced political thriller. Manuela Martelli, an actress who co-wrote the screenplay with Alejandra Moffat, and who directed the film, never knew her maternal grandmother, an art school graduate who died in 1976, but she used her as inspiration for the film’s

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