A Twelve-Year Night

A Twelve-Year Night

2018 · 122 min · ES · 7.4 (265 votes)
Dir. Álvaro Brechner · Starring Antonio de la Torre, Chino Darín, Alfonso Tort, César Troncoso, Soledad Villamil, Sílvia Pérez Cruz · Music Federico Jusid

Endless darkness. Limitless courage.

DramaCrimeHistory

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.

VIBE

This film feels like a long, cold winter. It’s a stark, unflinching portrayal of survival against overwhelming odds, where the passage of time is marked by quiet desperation and the flicker of enduring humanity in the darkest of circumstances.

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