The death of Jaime Roldós
Director SARMIENTO, RIVERA Manolo, Lisandra I.
Countries Argentina, Ecuador
Duration 125 min
Synopsis
The brief government of Jaime Roldós ended abruptly in 1981 with a mysterious air crash. The tragic fate of the first democratic transition in Latin America leads the filmmakers to engage in an intense exercise of storytelling that combines investigative journalism, film essay, and personal drama. To challenge the burden of silence that weights over an entire country, this documentary film sheds light on the largely unknown yet quite unexpected history of Ecuador, the Shakespearean drama of three orphans shattered by the struggle for political power, and the implacable weight of official truth.
The brief government of Jaime Roldós ended abruptly in 1981 with a mysterious air crash. The tragic fate of the first democratic transition in Latin America leads the filmmakers to engage in an intense exercise of storytelling that combines investigative journalism, film essay, and personal drama. To challenge the burden of silence that weights over an entire country, this documentary film sheds light on the largely unknown yet quite unexpected history of Ecuador, the Shakespearean drama of three orphans shattered by the struggle for political power, and the implacable weight of official truth.