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Mario Handler explains why he visited former comrades, victims, prisoners and an executioner of the dictatorial regime (1973-1986) in his motherland: he owes it ''to all those who have suffered, while I did not do anything against the dictatorship or stand up for my people.'' He fled to Venezuela at an early age, where he continued making films, but intentionaly not a single one about Uruguay. From 2004 to 2007, Handler traced a number of protagonists who told him what life looked like during the thirteen-year dictatorship. Intellectuals, like two writers, a journalist, a filmmaker, a researcher and an accountant describe how they were imprisoned and tortured and how it influenced their lives. For the first time ever, an Uruguyan military torturer – the convicted former chief of Intelligence – speaks out, revealing the training on interrogation techniques they received from foreign Intelligence services, i.e. West Germany and Israel. The interviews are alternated with clips from Handler's earlier films and from the Uruguyan news archives.

Uruguay - 2007 - 1 h 22 mn - DV Cam - Colour

Director Mario Handler Writer Mario Handler Camera Mario Handler, Federico Beltramelli Sound Mario Handler Editing Florencia Handler Aragona, Mario Handler, Julio Gutierrez Music Mauricio Vigil

Production Mario Handler Producciones, Achiras 1384, Ap. 302, 11 300 Montevideo, Uruguay Tél : +598 2708 9115 Co-Production Doce Gatos

Sales Karin Handler, Pfalz Burgerstrasse 11, 10719 Berlin, Allemagne Tél : +49 30 8870 1901 E-mail : mkhandler@freenet.de