Tiger Head

Tiger Head

WHEN HEROES ARE JUST MEN

2001 · 93 min · ★ 8.2 · History

In the aftermath of the May Revolution, which sparked the end of Spanish colonial rule and the establishment of the first independent government in Buenos Aires, revolutionary leader Juan José Castelli is given the order to oversee the execution of former viceroy Santiago de Liniers. This pushes Castelli into a deep moral conflict, forcing him to confront the tension between revolutionary justice and personal conscience, as well as the human cost of political change.

Directed by Claudio Etcheberry · Written by Juan Bautista Stagnaro

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Héctor Alterio Santiago de Liniers
Damián de Santo Juan José Castelli
Pablo Cedrón Domingo French
Mónica Galán Ana Perichon
Roberto Vallejos Mariano Moreno
Horacio Peña Cornelio Saavedra
Alejandro Awada English agent
Érica Rivas Castelli woman
Pascual Condito Obispo
Carlos Gamallo Lieutenant
Vian Avián Sergeant Ochoa
Marina Zeising Daughter of the english agent

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