“An Inside View of Political Detainees”
The true story of four men who narrowly escaped death at the hands of Argentina's military death squads in 1977. Claudio Tamburrini is a goalie for a minor-league football team when he is abducted by members of the Argentine military police and taken to an unofficial detention center on the false suspicion that he is a terrorist. As he is tortured by intelligence agents looking for information he doesn't have, Tamburrini fully expects to be killed. After many sessions of brutal torture, Tamburrini and his fellow captives Guillermo and Tano are being readied for execution when, in a final desperate act, Tamburrini dives out a window during a rainstorm.
Rodrigo de la Serna
Claudio Tamburrini
Pablo Echarri
Huguito
Nazareno Casero
Guillermo Fernández
Lautaro Delgado Tymruk
Gallego
Matías Marmorato
El Vasco
Diego Alonso
Lucas
Guillermo Fernández
Juez
César Albarracín
Guardia Tucumano 2
Alfredo Castellani
Entrenador
Daniel Cúparo
Guardia Metódica 3
Chronicle of an Escape is a thriller film released in 2006 exploring themes of sports, wrongful imprisonment, torture, football (soccer), false accusations, held captive. Directed by Adrián Caetano, it stars Rodrigo de la Serna, Pablo Echarri, Nazareno Casero. The true story of four men who narrowly escaped death at the hands of Argentina's military death squads in 1977. Claudio Tamburrini is a goalie for a minor-league football team when he is abducted by members of the Argentine military police and taken to an unofficial detention center on the false suspicion that he is a terrorist. As he is tortured by intelligence agents looking for information he doesn't have, Tamburrini fully expects to be killed. After many sessions of brutal torture, Tamburrini and his fellow captives Guillermo and Tano are being readied for execution when, in a final desperate act, Tamburrini dives out a window during a rainstorm.
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