The read
It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
In 1998 former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet visits Britain for medical treatment. On being tipped off, Amnesty International seize the chance to bring to justice a man they insist is guilty of multiple human rights violations. The newly-elected Labour government is initially amenable, and soon Pinochet is under house arrest (albeit in a detached house in leafy suburbia) and awaiting extradition to Spain. However, Amnesty are up against the complexities of British law, the vacillations of Home Secretary Jack Straw, Pinochet's former ally Margaret Thatcher - and the Senator's own vast reserves of cunning.
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
6 audience votes
Key crew
- Richard Curson SmithDirector
- Richard Curson SmithWriter
- Jeff BealOriginal Music Composer
- Andrew PhillipsOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Derek JacobiSenator Augusto Pinochet
- Phyllida LawLucia Pinochet
- Peter CapaldiAndy McEntee
- Anna MasseyBaroness Thatcher
- Yolanda VazquezNicole Drouilly
- Daniel CerqueiraVictor Jobim
- Jessica HynesWPC Broughton
- Pip TorrensMichael Caplan
- Tim McMullanDi Parfrey
- Susan WooldridgePam Harris
- Michael MaloneyJack Straw
- Gethin AnthonyWilliam Straw