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The Dark Figure

The Dark Figure

2018 · 84 min · ★ 8.0 · Documentary

The most crude and atrocious institutional violence of the Spanish State hides behind a true dark figure, an abyss into which this documentary peers through 30 firsthand accounts.

Directed by Ales Payás Felis · Written by Ales Payás Felis

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