The Cuenca Crime (Crimen de Cuenca)

Drama

In a gross miscarriage of justice, based on an actual event, two men are falsely accused and convicted of the murder of a missing shepherd from a small Spanish village. A despotic district court judge and a right-wing congressman orchestrate the trial. The two men are subjected to brutal torture by sadistic guards to exact a confession of guilt. The men serve 6 years of a 15-year prison term before they are released, and they later discover their alleged victim is alive and well in a neighboring village. The 15-minute torture scene is harrowing, as is the subsequent passage of the exhuming of human corpses.~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide Rated No Rating .

 

Cast: Mary Carrillo, Héctor Alterio, José Manuel Cervino, Daniel Dicenta, Amparo Soler Leal

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Directed by: Pilar Miró

Written by: Pilar Miró, Juan Antonio Porto

Running time: 1hr 28min

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