Jailbreak Pact
Director: David Albala Screenwriters: Cecilia Ruz Ortíz / Loreto Caro-Valdés / Susana Quiroz / David Albala
Film Information
Director:
David Albala
Language:
Spanish
Screenwriter:
Cecilia Ruz Ortíz / Loreto Caro-Valdés / Susana Quiroz / David Albala
Country/Region:
Chile
Running Time:
138 min
Cast:
Roberto Farías / Benjamín Vicuña / Víctor Montero
Synopsis
On the night of January 29, 1990, shortly before the start of democratic transition period in Chile, 49 political prisoners persecuted by the dictatorship escaped from a jail in Santiago, through a tunnel that 24 people had dug for 18 months, over 80 meters long with rudimentary tools like spoons, forks and one screwdriver, and hiding 55 tons of dirt inside the penitentiary. Neither the common prisoners in the nearby cells, nor the prison guards who guarded daily, discovered the plan that would lead to the freedom of 49 prisoners, in one of the most surprising and spectacular jailbreaks in Chilean criminal history.
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