from Fox Searchlight Pictures
Directed by
John
Malkovich
Starring
Javier
Bardem (Agustin Rejas)
John
Malkovich (Abimael Guzman)
Laura
Morante (Yolanda)
Wolframio
Benavides (Santiago)
Juan
Diego Botto (Sucre)
Luis
Miguel Cintra
Alexandra
Lencastre
Elvira
Minquez (Llosa)
Written by
Nicholas
Shakespeare
Rated: 
(for strong violence, and for language) |
As a Latin American nation nears collapse under a highly organized
terrorist movement, idealistic policeman Agustin Rejas (Javier
Bardem) faces the greatest challenge of his career: to catch
the mysterious guerrilla leader Ezequiel. The brains behind the
bloody revolution that threatens to bring the government and
entire country down, Ezequiel is as elusive as Rejas' superiors
are corrupt--an irony not lost on Rejas, who left a career as
a lawyer to find "a more honorable way of practicing the
law." The military's response to the brutal tactics of Ezequiel's
followers is equally ferocious, creating an atmosphere of mass
panic.
In the midst of the chaos, Rejas finds respite in Yolanda
(Laura Morante), his daughter's beautiful ballet teacher. As
Rejas draws nearer to the man who considers himself to be the
"Fourth Flame of Communism," he and the dancer he loves
will be forced to choose between love, country and self.
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