Kaya

Jul 11, 1967

1h 27m

★ 7.2

Overview

An experimental film about a peaceful and carefree life in a small Dalmatian town, which turns into bloodshed and horror on the eve of the Italian occupation of the country.

Genres

Drama

Crime

War

Production Companies

Jadran Film

Les Cinéastes Associés

Vatroslav Mimica

Kaya Trailers

Cast

Kajo Sicilijani

Zaim Muzaferija

Piero Coto

Uglješa Kojadinović

Gradski uglednik Tonko

Antun Nalis

Mare Karantanova

Jolanda Đačić

Ugo Bala

Izet Hajdarhodžić

Nikica

Husein Čokić

Crnokošuljaš

Boris Dvornik

Crnokošuljaš

Ilija Ivezić

Crnokošuljaš

Kruno Valentić

Crnokošuljaš

Miloš Kandić

Ilegalac

Aljoša Vučković

Dječak

Sergio Mimica-Gezzan

After the Battle of Algiers, France and its army exported, as true experts, anti-subversive methods to Latin America and the United States in the 1960s. After more than a year of investigation in Argentina , in Chile, Brazil, the United States and France, the director collected, sometimes under the cover of a hidden camera, recorded conversations, the exclusive testimonies of the main protagonists. From General Aussaresses to former Minister of the Armed Forces Pierre Messmer, including General Reynaldo Bignone (head of the military junta in Argentina from 1982 to 1984), General Albano Harguindéguy, General Manuel Contreras, and Generals John Johns and Carl Bernard, this investigation gives us a hidden reality of the country of Human Rights.

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7.8

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7.8

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7.4

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Invalid Date

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