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Pinochet in Suburbia (2006)

Pinochet in Suburbia (2006)

Drama History TV Movie
Release Date: 2006, March 26
Directors: Richard Curson Smith
Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America
Production: Tiger Aspect, BBC, HBO Films
Cast: Vicki Pepperdine, Jane How, Jessica Hynes, Derek Jacobi, Peter Capaldi, Tim McMullan, Daniel Cerqueira, Pip Torrens, John Albasiny, Yolanda Vazquez, Hugh Ross, Arturo Venegas

Overview:

In 1998 former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet visits Britain for medical treatment. On being tipped off, Amnesty International seize the chance to bring to justice a man they insist is guilty of multiple human rights violations. The newly-elected Labour government is initially amenable, and soon Pinochet is under house arrest (albeit in a detached house in leafy suburbia) and awaiting extradition to Spain. However, Amnesty are up against the complexities of British law, the vacillations of Home Secretary Jack Straw, Pinochet's former ally Margaret Thatcher - and the Senator's own vast reserves of cunning.