Urania Cabral returns to Santo Domingo, after several years, and remembers her and her family's relationship to Rafael Trujillo, the Dominican dictator, as well as the events surrounding his assassination.
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Tomas Milian Isabella Rossellini Juan Diego Botto Paul Freeman Stephanie Leonidas Shawn Elliott David Zayas Steven Bauer Catherine Bliss Sharlene Taulé Murphy Guyer Carlos Miranda Eileen Atkins Claire Cathcart Gary Piquer Jordan Lage Richard Bekins María Mar Pérez Sarah Ball Naomi Gray Pericles Mejía Ricardo Álamo Richard Douglas Stephen C. Bradbury Alfi Alvarez José Guillermo Cortines Alfonso Rodríguez Maibé Ruiz Natasha Stubbs Frank Perozo Ramsay Ross Nurin Sanlley Sonia Villanueva May Heatherly Jorge Bosso Liliana Díaz Juan Maria Almonte Victor Ramirez Douglas Hundley Aida M. Selman Milagros Germán Jose Valle Parreno Osvaldo Cepeda Sergio Carlo Alito Rodgers José Lora
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