The Blow: Chronicle of a Conspiracy
2006 · 1h 36m · N/A
Documentary, History
Directed by
Matías Gueilburt
Overview
Argentina, 1973. The return of democracy marks the beginning of a new countdown to the next coup d'état: on March 24, 1976, the worst dictatorship in Argentine history is installed, the bitter fruit of a plot carefully hatched for months.
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