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The Witnesses (1971) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1971 · 77 mins · Spanish
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- Directed by
- Charles Elsesser
- Starring
- Jaime Vadell, Marcelo Romo, Juan Quezada, Luis Alarcón, Leonardo Perucci, Nelson Villagra
On Santiago’s outskirts, slum residents have for years paid small fees to a developer who promises legal title to the plots beneath their homes. He sells land he doesn’t own; when a resident confronts him, the developer shoots the man before the community. The witnesses must decide whether testifying will endanger their already precarious lives.
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