This is a list of movies that are related to the military dictatorships in
Latin America
Latin America or
* french: Amérique Latine, link=no
* ht, Amerik Latin, link=no
* pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived f ...
and
Caribbean that appeared during the context of the
Cold War.
Argentina
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The Hour of the Furnaces'' (1968)
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Last Days of the Victim
''Last Days of the Victim'' ( es, Últimos días de la víctima) is a 1982 Argentine crime thriller film directed by Adolfo Aristarain and starring Federico Luppi. It was written by Aristarain and José Pablo Feinmann, and based on Feinmann's ...
'' (1982)
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Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number'' (1983)
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Funny Little Dirty War'' (1983)
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The Official Story
''The Official Story'' ( es, La historia oficial) is a 1985 Argentine drama historical film directed by Luis Puenzo and written by Puenzo and Aída Bortnik. It stars Norma Aleandro, Héctor Alterio, Chunchuna Villafañe and Hugo Arana. In the ...
'' (1985)
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The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo'' (1985)
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Night of the Pencils'' (1986)
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The Girlfriend'' (1988)
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Verónico Cruz'' (1988)
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Buenos Aires Vice Versa'' (1996)
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Angel Face'' (1998)
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Olympic Garage
''Olympic Garage'' ( es, Garage Olimpo) is a 1999 Argentine drama film, directed by Marco Bechis.
The film was produced by Marco Bechis, Enrique Piñeyro (from Argentina), Amedeo Pagani (Italy), and Eric Heumann (France). Executive producers Dan ...
'' (1999)
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The Lost Steps'' (2001)
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Kamchatka
The Kamchatka Peninsula (russian: полуостров Камчатка, Poluostrov Kamchatka, ) is a peninsula in the Russian Far East, with an area of about . The Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk make up the peninsula's eastern and west ...
'' (2002)
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The Blonds'' (2003)
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Imagining Argentina'' (2003)
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El Nüremberg Argentino'' (2004)
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Captive
Captive or Captives may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Films
* ''Captive'' (1980 film), a sci-fi film, starring Cameron Mitchell and David Ladd
* ''Captive'' (1986 film), a British-French film starring Oliver Reed
* ''Captive'' (1991 ...
'' (2005)
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Hermanas
''Hermanas'' () is a 2005 drama film written and directed by Julia Solomonoff, her first feature motion picture. The picture has a number of producers, including: Mariela Besuievski, Pablo Bossi, Florencia Enghel, Gerardo Herrero, Vanessa Ragone, ...
'' (2005)
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Chronicle of an Escape
''Chronicle of an Escape'' ( es, Crónica de una fuga), also known as ''Buenos Aires, 1977'', is a 2006 Argentine historical drama film directed by Israel Adrián Caetano. The screenplay is written by Caetano, Esteban Student, and Julián Loyola, ...
'' (2006)
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Complici del Silenzio'' (2009)
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Te Extraño'' (2010)
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Clandestine Childhood
''Clandestine Childhood'' ( es, link=no, Infancia clandestina) is a 2011 Argentine historical drama film directed by Benjamín Ávila and starring Natalia Oreiro, Ernesto Alterio and César Troncoso.
Critically acclaimed, the film won ten awar ...
'' (2011)
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The Clan'' (2015)
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Francis: Pray for Me'' (2015)
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Call Me Francis'' (2015)
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Rojo
Rojo means "red" in Spanish. Rojo may also refer to:
*Rojo (surname)
Music
* Rojo (band), a Mexican Christian rock band
** ''Rojo'' (Rojo album), 2001
* ''Rojo'' (Red Garland album), 1961
* "Rojo", a song by J Balvin from ''Colores'', 2020
* "R ...
'' (2018)
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The Two Popes
''The Two Popes'' is a 2019 biographical drama film directed by Fernando Meirelles and written by Anthony McCarten, adapted from McCarten's play ''The Pope'' which premiered at Royal & Derngate Theatre in 2019. Predominantly set in the Vati ...
'' (2019)
Brazil
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Entranced Earth
''Entranced Earth'' ( pt, Terra em Transe , "World in a Trance", also called ''Land in Anguish'' or ''Earth Entranced'') is a 1967 Brazilian ''Cinema Novo'' drama film directed by Glauber Rocha. It was shot in Parque Lage and at the Municipal T ...
'' (1967)
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A Opinião Pública'' (1967)
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The Brave Warrior
''The Brave Wales'' ( pt, O Bravo Guerreiro) is a 1968 Brazilian drama film directed by Gustavo Dahl. The directorial debut of Dahl, it is one of the most important films of the second phase of Brazil's Cinema Novo movement. It won the Special A ...
'' (1968)
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Fênix'' (1980)
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They Don't Wear Black Tie
''Eles Não Usam Black-tie'' (internationally released as ''They Don't Wear Black Tie'') is a 1981 Brazilian drama film directed by Leon Hirszman, based on Gianfrancesco Guarnieri's play of the same name.
Plot
The film revolves around a worki ...
'' (1981)
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Pra Frente, Brasil
''Pra Frente, Brasil'' ( en, Go Ahead, Brazil!) is a 1982 Brazilian drama film directed, written and produced by Roberto Farias. It tells the fictional story of a man mistakenly arrested by a group linked to the military dictatorship during the ...
'' (1982)
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A Freira e a Tortura'' (1983)
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Jango'' (1984)
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Nunca Fomos tão Felizes'' (1984)
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Em Nome da Segurança Nacional'' (1984)
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Twenty Years Later'' (1985)
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Kiss of the Spider Woman'' (1985)
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Moon over Parador
''Moon over Parador'' is a 1988 American romantic comedy film, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Raul Julia and Sônia Braga. It is a remake of the 1939 film ''The Magnificent Fraud'', based on the unpublished short story entitled "Caviar for His Exce ...
'' (1988)
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Que Bom Te Ver Viva'' (1989)
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Beyond Citizen Kane
''Beyond Citizen Kane'' is a 1993 British documentary film directed by Simon Hartog, produced by John Ellis (media academic), John Ellis, and first broadcast on Channel 4. It details the dominant position of the Grupo Globo, Globo media group ...
'' (1993)
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Lamarca'' (1994)
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Four Days in September
''Four Days in September'' ( pt, O Que É Isso, Companheiro?) is a 1997 Brazilian thriller film directed by Bruno Barreto and produced by his parents Lucy and Luiz Carlos Barreto. It is a dramatized version of the 1969 kidnapping of the United ...
'' (1997)
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Ação entre Amigos'' (1998)
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Dois Córregos - Verdades Submersas no Tempo'' (1999)
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Tempo de Resistência'' (2003)
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Cabra-Cega'' (2004)
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Araguaya - A Conspiração do Silêncio'' (2004)
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Almost Brothers'' (2004)
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AI-5 - O Dia Que Não Existiu'' (2004) (TV)
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1972
Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using mean solar tim ...
'' (2006)
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Zuzu Angel
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Zuleika Angel Jones (June 5, 1921 – April 14, 1976), better known as Zuzu Angel, was a Brazilian-American fashion designer, who became famous for opposing the Brazilian military dictatorship after the forced ...
'' (2006)
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The Year My Parents Went on Vacation
''The Year My Parents Went on Vacation'' ( pt, O Ano em Que Meus Pais Saíram de Férias) is a 2006 Brazilian drama film directed by Cao Hamburger. The screenplay, which took four years to be completed, was written by Hamburger, Adriana Falcão, ...
'' (2006)
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Batismo de Sangue'' (2006)
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Hércules 56'' (2006)
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Cidadão Boilesen'' (2009)
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Em Teu Nome'' (2009)
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Peacetime
Peace is a concept of societal friendship and harmony in the absence of hostility and violence. In a social sense, peace is commonly used to mean a lack of conflict (such as war) and freedom from fear of violence between individuals or groups. ...
'' (2009)
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Topografia de um Desnudo'' (2009)
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Lula, The Son of Brasil'' (2010)
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Hoje'' (2011)
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Uma Longa Viagem'' (2011)
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Avanti Popolo'' (2012)
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A Memória que Me Contam'' (2012)
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Os Dias Com Ele'' (2013)
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O Dia que Durou 21 Anos'' (2013)
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Em Busca de Iara'' (2013)
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Rio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury'' (2013)
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Tatuagem'' (2013)
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Marighella (film)
''Marighella'' is a 2019 Brazilian biographical political thriller film directed by Wagner Moura, based on the life of Carlos Marighella, a Brazilian politician, writer, and Marxist–Leninist guerrilla fighter accused of engaging in "terrorist a ...
'' (2019)
Chile
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The Battle of Chile
''The Battle of Chile: The Struggle of an Unarmed People'' () is a documentary film directed by the Chilean Patricio Guzmán, in three parts:
*''The Insurrection of the Bourgeoisie'' (''La insurrección de la burguesía '' 1975)
*''The Coup d'ét ...
'' (1975)
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It's Raining on Santiago
It's Raining on Santiago (french: Il pleut sur Santiago) is a 1975 French-Bulgarian drama film directed by Helvio Soto, detailing the 1973 Chilean coup d'etat. The title is a code word the Chilean military had broadcast to signal the start of the ...
'' (1976)
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Noch nad Chili'' (1977)
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Missing'' (1982)
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A Cor do Seu Destino'' (1986)
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Sweet Country'' (1987)
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The House of the Spirits
''The House of the Spirits'' ( es, La casa de los espíritus, 1982) is the debut novel of Isabel Allende. The novel was rejected by several Spanish-language publishers before being published in Buenos Aires in 1982. It became an instant best-se ...
'' (1993)
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Of Love and Shadows'' (1994)
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Death and the Maiden'' (1994)
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Amnesia'' (1994)
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Waking the Dead'' (2000)
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Machuca
''Machuca'' is a 2004 internationally co-produced film co-written and directed by Andrés Wood. It stars Matías Quer, Ariel Mateluna, Manuela Martelli, and Aline Küppenheim alongside Federico Luppi.
Set in Santiago during the months leadi ...
'' (2004)
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The Black Pimpernel'' (2007)
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Tony Manero'' (2008)
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Dawson Isla 10
''Dawson Isla 10'' is a 2009 Chilean drama film, written and directed by Miguel Littín, a Chilean film director. The screenplay is based on ''Isla 10'', a book by Sergio Bitar about his experiences as a political prisoner; "Isla 10" was the subs ...
'' (2009)
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Post Mortem '' (2010)
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No'' (2012)
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Colonia (film)
''Colonia'' (released in the UK as ''The Colony'') is a 2015 historical thriller film directed by Florian Gallenberger, produced by Benjamin Herrmann, written by Torsten Wenzel and Gallenberger, and starring Emma Watson, Daniel Brühl, and Micha ...
'' (2015)
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Spider (film)'' (2019)
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Underground Stories'' (2023)
Dominican Republic
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In the Time of the Butterflies
''In the Time of the Butterflies'' is a historical fiction novel by Julia Alvarez, relating a fictionalized account of the Mirabal sisters during the time of the Trujillo dictatorship in the Dominican Republic. The book is written in the firs ...
'' (2001)
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The Feast of the Goat
''The Feast of the Goat'' ( es, La Fiesta del Chivo, 2000) is a novel by the Peruvian Nobel Prize in Literature laureate Mario Vargas Llosa. The book is set in the Dominican Republic and portrays the assassination of Dominican dictator Rafael Tru ...
'' (2005)
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Trópico de Sangre'' (2009)
El Salvador
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In the Name of the People'' (1985)
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Salvador'' (1986)
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Romero
The name Romero is a nickname type of surname for a Roman or an Italian. The name was originally derived from the Latin word Romaeus and the Greek word Romaios, which mean Roman.
#A person on a religious journey or pilgrimage from Rome (possibly t ...
'' (1989)
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Voces inocentes
''Voces Inocentes'' (English title: ''Innocent Voices'') is a 2004 war film directed by Luis Mandoki. The plot is set during the Salvadoran Civil War, and is based on writer Óscar Torres's childhood. The film serves as a general commentary on t ...
'' (2004)
Guatemala
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El Norte'' (1983)
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The Evil That Men Do'' (1984)
Haiti
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The Comedians'' (1967)
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The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)
Nicaragua
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Under Fire'' (1983)
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Last Plane Out
''Last Plane Out'' is a 1983 film, directed by David Nelson, son of Ozzie and Harriet. It was based on journalist Jack Cox's (who co-produced the film) experience in Nicaragua when it was ruled by Anastasio Somoza Debayle and his battle again ...
'' (1983)
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Latino
Latino or Latinos most often refers to:
* Latino (demonym), a term used in the United States for people with cultural ties to Latin America
* Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States
* The people or cultures of Latin America;
** Latin A ...
'' (1985)
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Clinton and Nadine'' (1988)
Panama
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Noriega: God's Favorite'' (2000)
Paraguay
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One Man's War
''One Man's War'' is a 1991 television drama film set in Paraguay in 1976, under the dictatorship of General Alfredo Stroessner. It is based on the true story of Joel Filártiga (played by Anthony Hopkins
Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins (born ...
'' (1991)
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Miss Ameriguá
Miss (pronounced ) is an English language honorific typically used for a girl, for an unmarried woman (when not using another title such as "Doctor" or "Dame"), or for a married woman retaining her maiden name. Originating in the 17th century, it ...
'' (1994)
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Killing the Dead'' (2019)
Uruguay
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State of Siege
A state of emergency is a situation in which a government is empowered to be able to put through policies that it would normally not be permitted to do, for the safety and protection of its citizens. A government can declare such a state du ...
'' (1972)
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Matar a todos
Matar may refer to:
People Given name
* Matar Coly (born 1984), Senegalese footballer
* Matar Fall (born 1982), French-born Senegalese football
* Matar Sène (born 1970), retired Senegalese freestyle wrestler
Surname
* Agapius II Matar (1736 ...
'' (2007)
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Paisito'' (2008)
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Polvo nuestro que estás en los cielos'' (2008)
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Mundialito'' (2010)
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Zanahoria'' (2014)
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Migas de pan'' (2016)
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A Twelve-Year Night
''A Twelve-Year Night'' ( es, La noche de 12 años) is a 2018 drama film directed by Álvaro Brechner. It premiered in Official Selection at the 75th Venice International Film Festival, and it was selected as the Uruguayan entry for the Best For ...
'' (2018)
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The Moneychanger'' (2019)
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El año de la furia'' (2020)
Operation Condor
Operation Condor ( es, link=no, Operación Cóndor, also known as ''Plan Cóndor''; pt, Operação Condor) was a United States–backed campaign of political repression and state terror involving intelligence operations and assassination of op ...
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State of Siege
A state of emergency is a situation in which a government is empowered to be able to put through policies that it would normally not be permitted to do, for the safety and protection of its citizens. A government can declare such a state du ...
'' (1972)
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Down Came a Blackbird'' (1995)
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Escadrons de la mort, l'école française'' (2003)
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Condor
Condor is the common name for two species of New World vultures, each in a monotypic genus. The name derives from the Quechua ''kuntur''. They are the largest flying land birds in the Western Hemisphere.
They are:
* The Andean condor (''Vu ...
'' (2008)
* ''Forgotten'' (post-production)
See also
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Dirty War
The Dirty War ( es, Guerra sucia) is the name used by the military junta or civic-military dictatorship of Argentina ( es, dictadura cívico-militar de Argentina, links=no) for the period of state terrorism in Argentina from 1974 to 1983 as ...
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Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo
The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo is an Argentine human rights association formed in response to the National Reorganization Process, the military dictatorship by Jorge Rafael Videla, with the goal of finding the '' desaparecidos'', initially, a ...
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Grupo Cine Liberación
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Dictator novel
The dictator novel ( es, novela del dictador) is a genre of Latin American literature that challenges the role of the dictator in Latin American society. The theme of ''caudillismo''—the régime of a charismatic ''caudillo'', a political stron ...
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Military dictatorship
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Third Cinema
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List of films about martial law under Ferdinand Marcos
This is a list of films that deals with topics about the 1972–1981 martial law under Ferdinand Marcos. Various filmmakers made films that directly deal with the political atmosphere, provide social commentary, or chronicle the life of Filipin ...
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