Operation Just Cause

Operation Just Cause

2019 · 110 min · ★ 6.9 · War, Drama, Action

The stories of a Panamanian officer who feels betrayed by his superiors, of a young man from the neighborhood trying to prevent his friends from going out to fight, of a fisherman going through a thousand adventures trying to bury his compadre, of an imprisoned American businessman for conspiring as a CIA agent against the dictatorship and an alcoholic prostitute who cannot escape her past ... all in the middle of the Christmas preparations, just as the US invasion of Panama begins.

Directed by Luis Franco Brantley · Written by Biviana Márquez

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Patricia De Leon Carmina
Arian Abadi Calixto
Aída Morales Doña Rosa
Anthony Anel Ismael
Aaron Zebede Mayor Robledo
Miguel Ángel Oyola Teniente de guerra
Robin Durán Teniente Andrade
Leo Wiznitzer David Cromwell
Joavany Alvarez Lieutenant Colonel Silvera Southcom
Christopher Oberto Calito
Elmis Castillo Miguel Tenorio
Arturo Montenegro Bill

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