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An award-winning documentary follows Henry Engler, a former Tupamaro guerrilla who survived solitary confinement and torture under Uruguay's dictatorship. Now a Swedish scientist researching Alzheimer's, he revisits the places of his painful past.
- Directors
- José Pedro Charlo, Aldo Garay
- Cast
- Henry Engler, José Mujica
- Country
- Uruguay
- Genre
- Documentary
- Release date
- 2008-04-22
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This documentary tells the story of Henry Engler, a Uruguayan leftist and former Tupamaro guerrilla fighter who endured prolonged solitary confinement and torture during the Uruguayan dictatorship, leading to a mental breakdown. Today, Dr. Engler is a Swedish citizen and a renowned scientist researching Alzheimer's disease. He returns to the sites of his imprisonment, creating an intimate and disturbing portrait of prison life under the dictatorship.
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