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48 horas

2008 · 1 season

A tense, sober dramatization of a real political kidnapping that weighs heavily and moves with grim, deliberate restraint.

Created by
Manuel Estudillo
Genres
Drama
Starring
Andoni Gracia, Mabel Rivera, José Ángel Egido
Overview
In an unspecified location in the French Basque Country, a man with his back turned writes a note on a piece of paper: it is an order to "kidnap a PP councilor," giving a 48-hour ultimatum linked to the transfer of prisoners to prisons in the Basque Country. If the government does not comply, the hostage will be killed. July 10, 1997, 2:10 p.m. Miguel Ángel Blanco Garrido, a PP councilor in Ermua, eats lunch at home with his mother and leaves for work in Eibar as he does every day. Miguel Ángel is approached by a woman who manages to get him to accompany her a few meters before forcing him at gunpoint into a car driven by her accomplice.

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Created by
Manuel Estudillo
Genres
Drama
Starring
Andoni Gracia, Mabel Rivera, José Ángel Egido
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    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • politics
    • violence
    • crime
    • power
    • fate
    Places
    • small town
    • countryside
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • true story
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
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    Action3
    Horror2
    Humour0
    Realism8
    Romance0
    Tension7
    Darkness7
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight7

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Created by
    Manuel Estudillo
    Written by
    Manuel Estudillo, Luis Lorente
    Starring
    Andoni Gracia, Mabel Rivera, José Ángel Egido, Silvia Abascal, Iñaki Font, Itziar Urretabizkaia, Roberto Álvarez, Jesús Ruyman
    Length
    1 seasons, 2 episodes
    Network
    Antena 3
    Country
    Spain
    Languages
    Spanish

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