A Twelve-Year Night
(2018)
★ 7.3 IMDb · 311 votes
Year: 2018
Runtime: 122 мин
Country: Argentina, Spain
Director: Álvaro Brechner
Cast: Антонио де ла Торре, Чино Дарин, Alfonso Tort, César Troncoso, Соледад Вильямиль, Sílvia Pérez Cruz, Мирелла Паскуаль, Nidia Telles, César Bordón, Luciano Ciaglia
Plot
Uruguay, 1973. Having been crushed by the military dictatorship, surviving members of the Tupamaro guerillas are imprisoned and tortured. They must find a way to endure the coming 12 years.
1973. Uruguay is governed by a military dictatorship. One autumn night, three Tupamaro prisoners are taken from their jail cells in a secret military operation. The order is precise: "As we can't kill them, let's drive them mad." The three men will remain in solitary confinement for twelve years. Among them is Pepe Mujica - later to become president of Uruguay.