One man, 30 years of silence, and a dictator's ghost that won't stay buried.
Victor was victim of a violent attack during the government of León Febres Cordero in 1987. More than 30 years later, he decides to free himself from the weight of the secrets and ghosts that has carried for many years and speak out.
Direction
Arregui directing his own unburial is devastating meta-cinema.
Editing
Fragments of memory stitched like scar tissue.
Director
Isabel Dávalos
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Febres Cordero's presidency (1984-1988) saw systematic torture of dissidents; this film joins a sparse canon of Ecuadorian accountability cinema.
Victor's survival strategy—becoming a filmmaker—mirrors how Ecuador's disappeared left only fragments: photos, rumors, and now this evidence.
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