An act of love
Chile, September 1986. Tamara, commander of the communist guerrilla group Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front, and her comrades-in-arms set out to overthrow the military regime installed in 1973 by assassinating the dictator Augusto Pinochet.
Daniela Ramírez Cristián Carvajal Juan Martín Gravina Gastón Salgado Julieta Zylberberg Gabriel Cañas Mario Horton Alejandro Goic Luis Gnecco Felipe Zepeda Andrew Bargsted Daniela Castillo Toro Daniel Álvarez Leyton Pablo Díaz David Gaete Maite Colodrón Ema Carrera Senén Selim Mauricio Riveros Vicente Almuna Félix Venegas Gilda Maureira Héctor Aguilar Víctor Ovando Juan Pablo Silva Génesis Irribarra Sebastián García Maximiliano González Diana Cassis Simón Aravena Tapia Irving Gutiérrez Gabriela Arancibia Rodrigo Aceituno Sebastián Apiolaza Rodrigo Florechaes Sebastián Llaneza Eduardo Reyes Iván Parra Omar Mattar Carolina Sagredo Juan Pablo Ogalde Jaime Omeñaca Juan 'Sacha' Moreno Ávila Augusto Pinochet Cecilia 'Tamara' Magni Camino
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No
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