Female Fortitude Endures Torture in Fascist Uruguay
In 1976, students and older resistance workers ran a clandestine
operation of printing false passports in Montevideo’s
“House of Figs”, so people could escape from the dictatorship - a reign of
terror that affected those critical of the regime. This exceptionally gripping film vividly
shows the torture and imprisonment of many – particularly, Liliana – the prime
heroic protagonist who was captured and tortured along with those she worked
with (in secret) to combat the terror.
When she is taken, a never-ending nightmare becomes her fate – until
1982 when she is released. She is now a photographer. The cathartic finale to
this political ordeal also involves Liliana’s reconciliation with her alienated
son, and the pursuit of justice against the perpetrators, as the brave women
tell their stories at a press conference in 2012.
The acting of Cecilia Roth who plays Liliana (post-prison), and Justina Bustos (the young heroine) is phenomenal.
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