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Broken Flag

Broken Flag

6,9 /10 (10 Votes)
1979 ES 96 min

Overview

When a group of young filmmakers witness and film a crime of passion, the most outrageous blackmail of the century begins. By means of a fantastic plan, the filmmakers send to the murderer, a financial and industrial big shot, a copy of the movie that incriminates him and they demand him an improvement of the standard of living for the working class.

Release date

21/06/1979

Votes

10

Popularity

0.4

the most original blackmail of the century!

Genres

Status

Released

Original title

Bandera rota

Language

ES

Runtime

96 min

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ciudadsana

ciudadsana

2020-08-28

Murder, ethics and exploitation During the quarantine I have seen a lot of foreign cinema, and very little Mexican, which I want to amend. Of the three great contemporaries, Cuarón, Del Toro and Iñarritú, I have seen everything or almost everything, so let's diversify. There are three Retes films that I really liked at the time, each one with its limitations: El Bulto , Bienvenido/ Welcome and A sweet scent of death . This one in particular shows two of his personal obsessions: cinema about cinema, with a group of independent filmmakers at the center of the story, and casting his rela…

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