''A Show of Force'' is a 1990 American
thriller drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-ge ...
directed by
Bruno Barreto
Bruno Villela Barreto Borges (born 16 March 1955) is a Brazilian film director.
Biography
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Barreto has been making feature-length films ever since he was 17 years old and remains one of Brazil's most accomplished and pop ...
. The film is based on events and theories surrounding the
Maravilla Hill case in
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and Unincorporated ...
adapted from Anne Nelson's book, ''Murder Under Two Flags''.
Plot
In 1978, Kate Melendez (
Amy Irving
Amy Davis Irving (born September 10, 1953) is an American actress and singer, who worked in film, stage, and television. Her accolades include an Obie Award, and nominations for two Golden Globe Awards and an Academy Award.
Born in Palo Alto, Ca ...
) is a television news reporter who investigates the mysterious deaths of two radical
Puerto Rican activists. The government claims they were terrorists while others claim the two were merely student activists.
Despite threats to her own life, Melendez investigates the deaths, gradually leading her to conclude that undercover American agents were responsible for framing the activists as terrorists, and then murdering them.
Cast
See also
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Cinema of Puerto Rico
The history of the Cinema industry in Puerto Rico predates Hollywood, being conceived after the first industries emerged in some locations of the United States, Switzerland, Denmark, Italy, France, Great Britain and Germany. During the US invas ...
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List of films set in Puerto Rico
This is a partial List of films set in Puerto Rico; either the movie's plot includes that island, the movie has been filmed there, or both. Certain movies that are supposed to be set in Cuba are filmed in Puerto Rico because of the U.S. embargo a ...
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1990 films
1990s thriller drama films
American thriller drama films
Films scored by Georges Delerue
Films about journalists
Films directed by Bruno Barreto
Films set in Puerto Rico
Paramount Pictures films
American political thriller films
1990 drama films
Cockfighting in film
1990s English-language films
1990s American films
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