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Time for Revenge

Original title: Tiempo de revancha

“An honest man is something very dangerous nowadays.”

1981 · 1 h 52 min
Directed by Adolfo Aristarain
DramaThriller

Cast

Federico Luppi Haydée Padilla Julio De Grazia Ulises Dumont Jofre Soares Aldo Barbero

Credits

Written by: Adolfo Aristarain

Plot

An explosives expert silences himself, pretending to be mute, while working at a company and gradually uncovering a plot against a union organizer. A political thriller made under the Argentine dictatorship.

Sinekatalog’s take

A tough, tightly plotted thriller that works as veiled political comment.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.8 / 10 (1,615 votes)
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