There Are Some Guys Downstairs

There Are Some Guys Downstairs

dictatorship

1985 · 89 min · ★ 5.4 · Thriller, Drama

In times of dictatorship Argentina (1977), a young journalist suffers attacks of paranoia when he discovers suspicious persons , which could be paramilitaries in front of his building. Backdrop the last matches of World Cup 1978 Argentina live.

Directed by Emilio Alfaro · Written by Antonio Dal Masetto

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