The read
Audiences rate it 29 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Irene is a magazine editor living under the shadow of the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile. Francisco is a handsome photographer and he comes to Irene for a job. As a sympathizer with the underground resistance movement, Francisco opens her eyes and her heart to the atrocities being committed by the state.
Ratings
IMDb4.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes20%
Audiences rate it 29 points higher than critics do.
105 audience votes
Key crew
- Donald FreedWriter
- Betty KaplanDirector
- José NietoOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Jennifer ConnellyIrene
- Antonio BanderasFrancisco
- Stefania SandrelliBeatriz
- Diego WallraffJose
- Camilo GallardoGustavo
- Patricio ContrerasMario
- Jorge Rivera LópezProfessor Leal
- Angela RagnoHilda Leal
- Jacques ArndtGeneral
- Alejandro ToccalinoGuard at Roadblock
- Jorge OchoaPadre Cirilo
- Mercedes MoránMaría Elena
Stills
Themes
dictatorshipwoman reportertorturewoman director