El Comité

IMDb 0.0 2006 • 93 min • Documentary

Director

Mateo Herrera

Country

EC

Plot Summary

A documentary chronicle of the prisoners’ takeover of the Garcia Moreno Penitentiary in Quito, Ecuador. The prisoners find they suddenly have a voice after they take 360 people hostage, and a pattern of abuse and corruption by the guards toward the prisoners becomes clear after lengthy negotiations.

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