18 May 1989
Esmeralda Bay
A priest secretly leads rebels in their struggle against the corrupt military dictatorship of the Central American country of Puerto Santo.
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Christian Oyarzún Fernando
Moisés Angulo Car e Ciencia
Natalia Reddersen Felipe Zepeda
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