Dictatorship Movies

Manuela dreams of winning the "best folkloric dress" contest in the commemoration of Independence Day at school. Meanwhile, her brother Gabo takes...

A documentary about Finnish twin sisters, one of whom disappeared in Argentina in 1977.

The movie is about dictatorships in Greece – first, the Metaxas regime (1936-1940), and then the Colonels’ Junta (1967-74). In Part One,...

The Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry produces this short film that tries to explain the causes of the coup, anchoring them in debt...

Does someone remember that project of López Rega’s which, in 1975, thought up the construction of a Great Homeland Altar where all...

During the first days after the 1973 Chilean coup d’état, the political leadership of the Popular Unity government was arrested and...

Margherita Sarfatti, Mussolini's lover and advisor, was a woman who exerted a great influence on the Duce and on Italian cultural life. Through...

The horrifying story of what went on inside General Pinochet's secret prisons.

The clash of a libertarian school with the military dictatorship in the 60s. An exciting and little-known page in the history of public education in...

This film is a rare glimpse into one of the most secret places of the world, Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea. Slowly, an unexpected natural...

Five Argentinian women, with missing relatives from the military dictatorship that ruled the country, explain their emotions and feelings about all...

In 1977, Silvia Suppo was kidnapped and raped under the last Argentine civil-military dictatorship. As a consequence, she became pregnant, and the...

While the country is under the yoke of a military junta and corrupt priests preach the apocalypse, a lawless, eccentric family – a kind of...

Barcelona, 1966. Laia is a Law student at the University of Barcelona. She works part time in the University library to help cover her tuition, and...

Demonstrations, confrontations, parties and divisions marked one of the most important university campaigns of the decade: the 1968 student elections.

An ambassador from an outer (and rich) space comes to visit a poor planet, where he ends up being kidnapped.