Devils Don't Dream!
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Cast & Crew
Andreas Hoessli
Loredana Cristelli
Dominique Freiburghaus
Andreas Hoessli
Matthias Kslin
Aurora Ojeda
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Synopsis
A portrait of former Guatemalan president, Jacobo Arbenz Guzman, the son of European immigrants, a military man who turned revolutionary. Arbenz attempted to abolish stiff, absolute colonial structures in which the majority, Indios, were expected to live in abject poverty, subjected to the social stratification upheld by Guatemala's ruling class. In his attempts to redistribute property by offering land titles to farm families, Arbenz was met with much political opposition, and constant war break outs--until finally his presidency was overthrown by the CIA, and the heroic leader was forced into exile.
Director
Andreas Hoessli
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Miscellaneous Notes
Feature directorial debut for Andreas Hoessli.
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (International Forum of Young Cinema) February 15-26, 1996.
Shown at Human Rights Watch International Film Festival in New York City (Walter Reade) June 6-19, 1997.
16mm
color
dialogue German, Spanish and English
