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Under the Flags, the Sun

2025 · 90 min

A sober, absorbing archival collage that asks you to watch closely as propaganda images quietly accumulate into a portrait of enduring authoritarian power.

Directed by
Juanjo Pereira
Genres
Documentary
Overview
This fully archival journey through the 35 years of Alfredo Stroessner’s regime in Paraguay reveals unseen footage and explores one of the longest-running dictatorships in history, whose effects still resonate today.
How it feels
Dark, bleak, tense and satirical. Measured and demanding.
About
Power, corruption, politics, media
Content
Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
Note
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Directed by
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Genres
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
Places
None
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour1
Realism10
Romance0
Tension4
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Juanjo Pereira
Written by
Juanjo Pereira
Starring
Alfredo Stroessner, Lyndon B. Johnson, Georges Pompidou, Jorge Rafael Videla, Andrés Rodríguez
Runtime
90 min
Country
United States of America, Argentina, Paraguay, France, Germany
Languages
German, English, Spanish, French, Guarani, Portuguese

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