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Chronicle of an Escape(2006)
Status: Released
Date: 2006-04-27
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Time: 1h 43m
An Inside View of Political Detainees
Overview:
The true story of four men who narrowly escaped death at the hands of Argentina's military death squads in 1977. Claudio Tamburrini is a goalie for a minor-league football team when he is abducted by members of the Argentine military police and taken to an unofficial detention center on the false suspicion that he is a terrorist. As he is tortured by intelligence agents looking for information he doesn't have, Tamburrini fully expects to be killed. After many sessions of brutal torture, Tamburrini and his fellow captives Guillermo and Tano are being readied for execution when, in a final desperate act, Tamburrini dives out a window during a rainstorm.
Languages: Spanish.
Countries:
Argentina
ProductionCompanies: 
20th Century Fox Argentina
Movie: Chronicle of an Escape
Top 10 Billed Cast
Rodrigo de la Serna
Claudio Tamburrini
Pablo Echarri
Huguito
Nazareno Casero
Guillermo Fernández
Lautaro Delgado Tymruk
Gallego
Matías Marmorato
El Vasco
Diego Alonso
Lucas
Alfredo Castellani
Entrenador
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Overview
The true story of four men who narrowly escaped death at the hands of Argentina's military death squads in 1977. Claudio Tamburrini is a goalie for a minor-league football team when he is abducted by members of the Argentine military police and taken to an unofficial detention center on the false suspicion that he is a terrorist. As he is tortured by intelligence agents looking for information he doesn't have, Tamburrini fully expects to be killed. After many sessions of brutal torture, Tamburrini and his fellow captives Guillermo and Tano are being readied for execution when, in a final desperate act, Tamburrini dives out a window during a rainstorm.
Release Date
2006-04-27
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6.62
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An Inside View of Political Detainees
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