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Poster for Panamá

Panamá

1976 · 81 min

A sober, archival chronicle of national grievance and negotiation, informative and quietly indignant rather than dramatic.

Directed by
Jesús Enrique Guédez
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Omar Torrijos, Héctor López, Adolfo Ahumada
Overview
Documentary on the Panamanian struggle for the rescue of the lands of the so-called Canal Zone, militarily occupied by the forces of the American army.

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Directed by
Jesús Enrique Guédez
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Omar Torrijos, Héctor López, Adolfo Ahumada
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Tone
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • politics
  • colonialism
  • power
  • justice
  • identity
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour1
Realism9
Romance0
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Genres
documentary
Directed by
Jesús Enrique Guédez
Written by
Joaquín González, Miguel Ron Pedrique, Oswaldo Capriles
Starring
Omar Torrijos, Héctor López, Adolfo Ahumada, Camilo Caballero, Víctor Manuel Franceschi, Nelson Aponte, Joaquín Beleño, Lester León Greaves
Cinematography
Gustavo Chami
Runtime
81 min
Country
Venezuela, Panama
Languages
Spanish

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