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The film follows the twelve-year incarceration of members of the Tupamaros, a far-left urban guerrilla group active in the 1960s and 1970s, nine of whom were held as "hostages" between 1972 and 1985. It dramatises the experiences of José Mujica , Mauricio Rosencof and Eleuterio Fernández Huidobro .
Dec 28, 2018 · A Twelve-Year Night: Directed by Álvaro Brechner. With Antonio de la Torre, Chino Darín, Alfonso Tort, César Troncoso. 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.
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- Adventure, Biography, Crime
- Álvaro Brechner
- 2018-12-28
Uruguayan filmmaker Álvaro Brechner’s “A Twelve Year Night,” about the debasing incarceration of three political prisoners during the country’s years under reactionary military dictatorship...
A Twelve-Year Night 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 Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
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.
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.
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Dec 28, 2018 · Álvaro Brechner’s A Twelve Year Night, which debuts on Netflix today, opens with a fancy, impressive shot in which nine left-wing revolutionaries are seized by the recently installed military dictatorship in Uruguay, 1973.
