Released
Pinochet in Suburbia
March 26 2006 (almost 19 years ago)Rating
60
Based on
1 review
- Director: Richard Curson Smith
- Genres: Drama, History, TV Movie
- Runtime: 1 h 30 m
- Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America
- Companies: Tiger Aspect, BBC, HBO Films
In 1998 former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet visits Britain for medical treatment. On being tipped off, Amnesty International seize the chance to bring to justice a man they insist is guilty of multiple human rights violations. The newly-elected Labour government is initially amenable, and soon Pinochet is under house arrest (albeit in a detached house in leafy suburbia) and awaiting extradition to Spain. However, Amnesty are up against the complexities of British law, the vacillations of Home Secretary Jack Straw, Pinochet's former ally Margaret Thatcher - and the Senator's own vast reserves of cunning.
