Anacrusa

Anacrusa

1979 · 102 min · ★ 6.2 · Drama

The divorced university professor, Victoria, signs a letter of protest for the political disappeared that her students request, although she is not interested in politics. That afternoon his daughter, a twenty-year-old medical student, disappears. This event will change the vision of Victoria and her participation together with relatives of other political disappeared to obtain justice.

Directed by Ariel Zúñiga

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