The Letters

The Letters

2015 · 77 min · ★ 5.8 · Documentary

Behind the dark, sensuous and almost hallucinatory images, a grim story is smouldering about a school teacher and social activist, who after a questionable trial was convicted for killing four police officers in a Mexican province.

Directed by Pablo Chavarría

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