The Fall of Fujimori

Name: The Fall of Fujimori
Genre: Documentary
Released: January 18, 2006
Duration: 83 min
Rating: 73

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Cinema Libre Studio | Release Date: January 18, 2006

Summary: The Fall of Fujimori is a character-driven, political thriller exploring the volatile events that defined Alberto Fujimori's decade-long reign of Peru. (Stardust Pictures)

Director: Ellen Perry

Genre(s): Documentary

Runtime: 83 min

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Dana Stevens

A cautionary essay on the risks to democracy posed by the fight against terrorism. Read full review

Andrew O'Hehir

It's a fascinating, haunting, unintentionally gruesome spectacle with, as Perry has said, echoes of Shakespearean tragedy. Read full review

Scott Tobias

If the end justifies the means, it would be hard to deny that the legacy of Alberto Fujimori, the disgraced former President of Peru, is largely triumphant. Read full review

Carina Chocano

A confoundingly mercurial figure, Fujimori is a fascinating subject. But in her focus on the man, Perry fails to paint a broader picture of a racially diverse and extremely complex country. Read full review

John Anderson

Ellen Perry seems keenly aware, there is really no need to embellish the Fujimori story, which has enough unlikely melodrama for six Italian operas. Read full review

Joshua Katzman

To her credit, Perry isn't taken in by Fujimori's attempts to distance himself from the controversies that plagued his presidency. Helped by Kim Roberts's excellent editing, she succinctly chronicles his unlikely ascent and subsequent collapse. Read full review

Jeremy Mathews

Perry creates an objective yet not overly dry character study of the man, now a fugitive living in Japan, as he recalls his days in power. Read full review

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SarahT.

Sep 4, 2006

A fascinating look at a highly controversial political leader in an untenable political climate. This is the best kind of documentary filmmaking - we are ultimately left to wrestle with our own ethical sense rather than being told what to think.

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