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Pinochet in Suburbia

60.00% | March 26, 2006 | Drama, History, TV Movie

In 1998 former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet visits Britain for medical treatment. On being tipped off, Amnesty International seize the chance to bring to justice a man they insist is guilty of multiple human rights violations. The newly-elected Labour government is initially amenable, and soon Pinochet is under house arrest (albeit in a detached house in leafy suburbia) and awaiting extradition to Spain. However, Amnesty are up against the complexities of British law, the vacillations of Home Secretary Jack Straw, Pinochet's former ally Margaret Thatcher - and the Senator's own vast reserves of cunning.

Featured Crew

Richard Curson Smith
Director
Richard Curson Smith
Writer
Jeff Beal
Original Music Composer

Cast

Derek Jacobi
Derek Jacobi
Senator Augusto Pinochet
Phyllida Law
Phyllida Law
Lucia Pinochet
Peter Capaldi
Peter Capaldi
Andy McEntee
Anna Massey
Anna Massey
Baroness Thatcher
Yolanda Vazquez
Yolanda Vazquez
Nicole Drouilly

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