Antonio Banderas' first film role is a forgotten political ghost story.
Acting
Banderas at 24 — raw, nervous, already magnetic.
Direction
Kuhn's claustrophobic framing traps you with the characters.
Director
Rodolfo Kuhn
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jesús de Galíndez was a real Basque diplomat who vanished in 1956; Trujillo's Dominican regime allegedly kidnapped him from NYC. The film was made by Argentine exiles in Spain during the Dirty War.
Banderas lied about his age to get cast and was paid in sandwiches. Kuhn smuggled the negative out of Spain disguised as commercial footage.
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