The Uncle

Oct 17, 2013

1h 47m

★ 4.0

Overview

Ignacio has one obsession: creating a play about his uncle Jaime Guzmán, an ideologist of the 80's constitution and collaborator of the Pinochet military-civic dictatorship. But things get out of control...

Genres

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

Santa Cruz Producciones

The Uncle Trailers

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Cast

Mateo

Mateo Iribarren

Ignacio / Jaime

Ignacio Santa Cruz

Anibal / Contreras

Aníbal Reyna

Andrea / Isabel Lineros

Andrea Freund

Cesar / Death

César Caillet

Patricia / Jaime's Mother

Patricia Velasco

Alejandro / Jaime's Father

Alejandro Trejo

Julio

Julio Fuentes

Claudio

Diego Ruiz

Vicente

Vicente Iribarren

Max / Pinochet

Max Corvalán

Pancha Gavilán

Francisca Gavilán

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