The Pinochet case

The Pinochet case

Original title: El caso Pinochet
Production: Les Films d'Ici; Pathé Télévision; Mallerich Films Paco Poch; Benecé Produccions S.L.
Country: Spain
Director: Patricio Guzmán
Script: Patricio Guzmán
Photography: Jacques Bouquin
Cast: Ernesto Ekaizer; Carlos Castresana; Joan Garcés
Year: 2001
Duration: 110
Genre: Historic documentary
Color: Color
Original language: Spanish
Languages available: Spanish-English (mixed)
Subtitles: Spanish

Synopsis:

On Tuesday September 22, 1998, General Augusto Pinochet flew to London on a pleasure trip. There he rested for several days. He went for afternoon tea with Margaret Thatcher… But all of a sudden he was afflicted by severe back pain and was operated on in a London clinic. When he woke up, he was arrested by the police. Who was responsible for making this possible? Two years earlier, Carlos Castresana, a young attorney, discovered an article which allowed legal action to be taken against Pinochet.

Co-production between France and Spain.