Olvidados (Forgotten)

Name: Olvidados (Forgotten)
Genre: Drama
Released: September 18, 2015
Duration: 112 min
Rating: 42

2015

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Cinema Libre Studio | Release Date: September 18, 2015 | Not Rated

Summary: After suffering a heart attack, retired General José Mendieta (Damián Alcázar) is haunted by his dark past as an officer in Operation Condor, the CIA-backed campaign of political repression in Latin America that was responsible for executions, torture, and imprisonments in the 1970's. It is estimated that over 400,000 people were imprisonedAfter suffering a heart attack, retired General José Mendieta (Damián Alcázar) is haunted by his dark past as an officer in Operation Condor, the CIA-backed campaign of political repression in Latin America that was responsible for executions, torture, and imprisonments in the 1970's. It is estimated that over 400,000 people were imprisoned and 30,000 forcibly disappeared as a result of these government actions. In a letter to his son Pablo (Bernardo Peña), Mendieta confesses the role he played in the abduction, persecution, and execution of countless men and women during his posting to Chile. Journalist Marco (Carlotto Cotta) and his pregnant wife Luciá (Carla Ortiz) are among those who were arrested, along with their activist friend Antonio (Tomás Fonzi) and revolutionary Andrea (Ana Calentano). They suffer terribly under Mendieta and his cohort Sanera (Rafael Ferro), which leads to a cascade of betrayals, secrets, and stolen lives that spans generations. [Cinema Libre Studio]… Expand

Director: Carlos Bolado

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 112 min

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Ernest Hardy

Sep 17, 2015

In showing how some men derive primal, perverse senses of pleasure and power from their brutality, how small men make themselves feel large and invincible, the film distills the roots of terror (political, cultural, religious) to truths that are tragically evergreen. Read full review

Mark Jenkins

Nov 24, 2015

Despite numerous missteps and contrivances, Olvidados succeeds as an indictment of Operation Condor’s horrors. Read full review

Nicole Herrington

Sep 17, 2015

While it would be a tall order to fully elucidate this complicated history in two hours, Olvidados is hamstrung by Mr. Bolado’s lack of focused direction and a convoluted plot. Read full review

Jonathan Holland

Sep 17, 2015

Confused both dramatically and politically, this is a film whose perhaps worthy ambitions seem to have outstripped its makers' talents — ironically, Forgotten is an expression of the very political forgetfulness it wishes to rectify. Read full review

Martin Tsai

Oct 1, 2015

By cramming in as many tangents as imaginable, Olvidados ultimately loses sight of what the story is even about. Read full review

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