The read
It runs long at 2h 43m.
Synopsis
In an unnamed Latin American country after a coup d'état, a military junta comes to power. The army deployed to the streets, the civilian population is exposed to hard terror. A wave of arrests follows, some former senators - liberals and communists - are sent to prison. Some patriots that have gone underground try to figure a plan for their release. They buy a small shop opposite the prison in the name of Francisco and Maria Vardes. From its basement they plan to build a 90-meter tunnel. Three years of enormous effort, deaths and nervous breakdowns are not spent in vain.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
9 audience votes
Key crew
- Vytautas ŽalakevičiusDirector
- Vytautas ŽalakevičiusWriter
- Valentin EzhovWriter
- Vyacheslav OvchinnikovOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Regimantas AdomaitisFrancisco "Pancho" Vardes
- Irina MiroshnichenkoMaria
- Ion UngureanuAlberto Ramirez, communist senator
- Bronius BabkauskasMiguel Carrera, senator
- Lorents ArushanyanWalter Conde, senator
- Juozas BudraitisFelicio, blackmailer
- Mihai VolontirCarlos Caro
- Rodion NahapetovBenedicto
- Gemma FirsovaEllen Carrera
- Bob Chuprov-TsymbaCaptain Rada
- Kimma Mamadovaseniora Rada
- Igor Petrovадвокат
Stills
Themes
political detective