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Killing the Dead

Killing the Dead

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 5, 2019

Runtime

1h 27m

Genres

Thriller

User Score

75%

Original Title

Matar a un muerto

Production Companies

Sabaté Films

Director

Hugo Giménez

Description

Paraguay 1978, during Stroessner’s dictatorship, Pastor and Dionisio work burying bodies illicitly. In Argentina, the World Cup is being held. One morning, among the bodies, they find Mario, who is still alive. They know they must kill him but the problem is: in spite of what they are doing, they have never killed anyone before. A storm indicates that the winter is coming while the destiny of the three men is determined during the World Cup final. Both Pastor and Dionisio are the last link of a chain in the terrible system that has as a result in all the missing people.