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El Patio (2016)

Name: El Patio
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2016-11-24T17:25:33+01:00

Documentary | 82 minutes

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Genre: Documentary

Duration: 82 minuten

Country: France / Chili

Directed by: Elvira Diaz

This movie is not available on US streaming services.

El Patio plot

Three gravediggers lovingly maintain the peaceful general cemetery in the center of Santiago, Chile's capital. For Lelo and Perejil, both elderly, it is a bit of their home; they even grow tomatoes there. At the same time, they carry a dark secret with them. After the coup in 1973, they had to secretly bury hundreds of bodies of political prisoners. It has always gnawed at them. During their daily work – digging pits, clearing graves, repairing stones, hammering boxes – they tell their story to the much younger Sergio.