
339 Amin Abel Hasbun: Memory of a Crime
2014

Representation Score
Fair
1999
RDirector
Menahem Golan
Runtime
89 minutes
Average Rating
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Lima: Breaking the Silence is a conventional historical drama centered on a 1997 Peruvian kidnapping. The narrative emphasizes political tension and crisis management over identity-based representation. While the Peruvian setting offers a basis for Latin American representation, the film adheres to traditional power hierarchies. The focus remains on geopolitical conflict and criminal drama rather than challenging social hierarchies. Ultimately, the film serves as a dramatization of a specific historical event, emphasizing a plot-driven structure that lacks significant multi-layered depth.
Category Breakdown
The film does not prominently feature LGBTQ+ themes or characters. The storyline revolves around political kidnappings and state negotiations, rather than exploring queer identities.
The story focuses on high-ranking diplomats and government officials, roles traditionally held by men. There is limited evidence of women playing significant roles in these power structures.
Set in Peru, the film naturally includes Latin American identities through its characters and setting. However, it does not delve deeply into multi-layered or subversive casting.
The drama examines the conflict between state authority and rebel grievances. It centers on a specific historical conflict without broadly deconstructing cultural institutions.
There is no information about characters with visible or invisible disabilities in this production.
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Official Synopsis
An intense drama based on the true story of Peruvian rebels who in 1997 kidnapped several hundred high-ranking diplomats and government officials in an attempt to force the release of 400 political prisoners.

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