Director: Carlos Bolado
TRT: 112 Min
Format: DCP
Language: Spanish with English subtitles
Genre: Drama
US Distributor: Cinema Libre Studio
After suffering a heart attack, retired General José Mendieta (Damián Alcázar) is haunted by his dark past as an officer in Operation Condor, the CIA-backed campaign of political repression in Latin America that was responsible for executions, torture, and imprisonments in the 1970’s. It is estimated that over 400,000 people were imprisoned and 30,000 forcibly disappeared as a result of these government actions.
In a letter to his son Pablo (Bernardo Peña), Mendieta confesses the role he played in the abduction, persecution, and execution of countless men and women during his posting to Chile. Journalist Marco (Carlotto Cotta) and his pregnant wife Luciá (Carla Ortiz) are among those who were arrested, along with their activist friend Antonio (Tomás Fonzi) and revolutionary Andrea (Ana Calentano). They suffer terribly under Mendieta and his cohort Sanera (Rafael Ferro, Guapas), which leads to a cascade of betrayals, secrets, and stolen lives that spans generations.
Olvidados (Forgotten), Bolivia’s Foreign Language Film submission for the 87th Academy Awards®, stars renowned actors from five countries, and was filmed in Bolivia, Argentina, and New York. It is the first film to specifically address the horrors perpetrated under Operation Condor, which was responsible for: 50,000 deaths; 30,000 “disappeared”; and 400,000 arrested and imprisoned in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
Director: Carlos Bolado
Executive Producer: Frank Giustra
Producer: Carla Ortiz
Script: Elia Petridis, Carla Ortiz y Mauricio D’avis
Director of Photography: Ernesto Fernández Telleria
Editor: Carlos Bolado, Camilo Abadia y Juan Palacio
Sound: Ramiro Fierro
Casting Directors: Wendy Alcázar y Manuel Teil
Art Designer: Marta Méndez
Assistant Director: Erik Baeza
Sound Design: Nerio Barberis y Matías Barberis
Soud Mix: Diego Gat
Line Producer: Paolo Agazzi
Post Producer: Alejandro Clancy
He was born in Veracruz, Mexico. He studied sociology and film and is one of the most important Mexican directors. He has edited over 11 films and been a consultant in many others. He made his debut as a director in 1999 with Bajo California: el límite del tiempo that received several national and international awards, and a great critic and audience acceptance. It received 7 Arieles, won the Guadalajara Film Festival and the Festival Latino of Los Angeles. His documentary Promises, co-directed by Justine Shapiro and B. Z. Goldberg, received an Oscar nomination and won 2 Emmy Awards. Pikiawish River of Renewal, a documental movie filmed during 7 years, received awards at many festivals, including the American Indian Film Festival in 2009. He directed Sólo Dios sabe (the first coproduction between México and Brazil), which opened at the Sundance Film Festival in 2006 and was distributed by Buenavista Pictures. In 2008 he directed the documentary 1968 on the 40th anniversary of the student movement and the Olympic games in Mexico. In 2012, the thriller Colosio, el asesinato was released and broke box office records in Mexico. Tlatelolco (Verano del 68) and a 12 chapter historic series bearing the same title were released in 2013. He has directed series for Discovery Channel, PBS, Channel 4 and ONCE TV; he has been a jury at important film festivals and he also teaches, gives courses and lectures in several countries.
He is President and Chief Executive Officer of Fiore Financial Corporation, a private firm managing a broad portfolio of private equity investments. He has an established track record of building natural resource companies through access to capital and creative deal making. By 1997, Mr. Giustra's entrepreneurial successes also included the founding of Lionsgate Entertainment, now one of the world's largest independent film companies. He served as Chairman from 1997-2003, and returned to the Lionsgate as a Board of Director in 2010. In March 2012, he launched a new joint venture with Lionsgate and Thunderbird Films, called Sea to Sky Entertainment, which focuses on projects in the television industry.
He is a strong believer in philanthropy, and devotes much of his time to many causes. In 1997, he established The Radcliffe Foundation, which supports a wide variety of international and local charities. Since 2005, Mr. Giustra has become an active executive member with the International Crisis Group, a widely recognized independent, non-partisan source of analysis and advice to policy makers on the prevention and resolution of deadly conflict.
In 2007, Mr. Giustra and former President Bill Clinton launched the Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership, with the focus of creating social and economic development programs in parts of the world where poverty is widespread, including Colombia, Peru, Mexico and Haiti.
Frank Giustra is a board member of Lionsgate Entertainment Corporation, Endeavour Mining Corporation and Petromanas Energy Incorporated. In addition, he sits on boards of the Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership, The Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Foundation, International Crisis Group, The Radcliffe Foundation and Streetohome Foundation, a Vancouver Foundation that envisions access to safe, clean and affordable housing for everyone in Vancouver. He is also a Trustee of the Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts.
She is Bolivia’s most important and internationally renowned actress. She is also a television hostess and producer. She was born in Cochabambá and started her career at 13 years of age as a model. She studied performing arts in the United States and then moved to Mexico where she acted in successful soap operas, such as Gotitas de amor, Mujeres engañadas and Secreto de amor. She relocated to Los Angeles where she hosted several television programs (Xcape and Access Hollywood) and appeared in Baywatch, CSI: Miami and Without a Trace. She has acted in many films, such as Los Andes no creen en Dios (2007), Escríbeme postales a Copacabana (2009), The Land of the Astronauts (2010) and The Man Who Shook the Hands of Vicente Fernández (2012) directed by Elia Petridis, where she performed the leading role, opposite Ernest Borgnine. In 2013 she starred in Xibalba, a science fiction film inspired by legends from the Maya people. She was chosen by Esquire magazine as one of the “Sexiest Women in the World” in 2010. She is the co-founder of Flor de Loto Group, a media company focused on bringing about social consciousness and global awareness to the public. She produced, co-wrote and stars in Olvidados, a historical fictionalized version of Operation Condor.
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