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Directed by: Jorge Sanjinés
Starring: Oscar Zamorano, Manuel Chambi, Ricardo Valderrama, Efraín Fuentes, Saturnino Huillca Quispe, Ricardo Valderrama Fernández
Runtime: 92 min
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The Principal Enemy is a film directed by Jorge Sanjinés2. The film is set in the remote Andean highlands of Peru1.
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synopsis — In the remote Andean highlands of Peru, a tight-knit indigenous peasant community has endured generations of brutal exploitation by local landowners. When a shocking act of violence exposes the complete failure of the official justice system to protect them, the villagers’ simmering anger pushes them toward a crossroads.
credit — The Principal Enemy (1974) is directed by Jorge Sanjinés.
Synopsis
In the remote Andean highlands of Peru, a tight-knit indigenous peasant community has endured generations of brutal exploitation by local landowners. When a shocking act of violence exposes the complete failure of the official justice system to protect them, the villagers’ simmering anger pushes them toward a crossroads.
