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"How Can You Save The Already Dead?"

Dec 12 2008 TV-MA 2h 0m
Horror

One night Malena and Pablo, a sister and brother traveling together in Argentina, discover a diary that details crimes committed twenty years ago.

Plot

One night Malena and Pablo, a sister and brother traveling together in Argentina, discover a diary that details crimes committed twenty years ago. That same night, the past and present intertwine; before the siblings' helpless eyes, a family is persecuted, tortured, and murdered step-by-step in the manner described in the diary. The siblings' trip becomes a nightmare, in which they don't know if the people whom they're trying to save are real... or manifestations of something that occurred twenty years ago. Following the trail of 'the disappeared', they discover that, beyond the fiction, the true horror is hidden in the reality: 30 000 people were kidnapped, tortured, and murdered under Argentina's military dictatorship. The people forget, but the pain, as a physical presence, lives on.

Written by

Paco Cabezas

Directed by

Paco Cabezas

Production Countries

Spain, Argentina, Sweden

Production Companies

Pensa & Rocca Producciones, Oberón Cinematográfica, Jaleo Films

Languages

Español

Awards

1 nomination

Scores
# of Votes
1,760
Average Rating
6 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA