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Los Hermanos Cartagena
Los Hermanos Cartagena is a 1984 Bolivian film directed by Paolo Agazzi.
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The film portrays the 1952 revolution and [[BoliviaMilitary_governments:_Garc.C3.ADa_Meza_and_Siles_Zuazo_.281978.29|1980 coup]] in Bolivia through the lives of two brothers, Juan Jose and Martin. Juan Jose, the legitimate son of Luis, is transformed, by his experiences as a youth in 1950s, to become a boss of one of the groups of paramilitaries during the 1980 coup. Martin, the illegitimate son of Luis and an indigenous peasant, becomes a trade union leader during that period. The film details the process by which the brothers' divergent childhood situation drives them towards the definitive clash.
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