Short film
El arresto
1982 · 28 min
A tense, talky docudrama that feels like waiting in a hallway while history is about to close a door.
- Directed by
- Luis Antonio Rosario Quiles
- Genres
- Drama, Documentary
- Starring
- José Félix Gómez, Rafi Torres
- Overview
- March 1952, days after Puerto Rican Nationalist Party members made an armed assault on the U.S. Congress. Tomás, a journalist and former Party member, attemps to obtain an interview with Pedro Albizu Campos, the Party's leader, shortly before his arrest.
- How it feels
- Tense, earnest and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
- About
- Politics, power, justice, rebellion
- Content
- Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Luis Antonio Rosario Quiles
- Genres
- Drama, Documentary
- Starring
- José Félix Gómez, Rafi Torres