The read
It runs a compact 1h 25m.
Synopsis
In the spring of 1980, Esther Jochmann, a young Austrian woman, flies to San Salvador. Her husband, a journalist, has been killed. She has to identify his corpse so that the authorities will allow it to be transferred to Europe. She learns that Archbishop Oscar Romero, who was also a victim of an assassination, had granted a taped interview to her husband. Padre Manuel hands the tape over to her. Esther accompanies the Padre and John, an American reporter, who are trying to find the murderers.
Ratings
TMDB7/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Heide PilsDirector
- Heide PilsWriter
Cast
- Malena DoriaDona Marta
- Miguel EhrenbergJohn
- Marthe KellerEsther
- Dieter KollAttache at German Embassy in El Salvador
- Alejandro ParodiPadre Manuel
- Leticia ValenzuelaAna
- Ahui CamachoJorge