A foreign journalist arrives on a small Pacific island 200 miles off the coast of South America. Once a leper colony, the island was later transformed into a prison and then, under U.N. mandate, made into an independent republic. Yet despite democratic structures, the inhabitants--who speak a strange dialect composed of Spanish and English--still obey the old prison rules. After sending back detailed accounts of the torture and repression seen everywhere, the journalist realizes that she has fallen into the trap created for her by the islanders: lacking natural resources, the island's main export is news.

Mónica Echeverría

Luis Alarcón
Head of state

Aníbal Reyna

Nelson Villagra

Fireflies at El Mozote
Fireflies at El Mozote

The Wave
The Wave

Downfall
Downfall

The Last King of Scotland
The Last King of Scotland

Lord of War
Lord of War

Salvador
Salvador

The Girls
The Girls

La Llorona
La Llorona

The President
The President

Lest We Forget
Lest We Forget

After We Have Left Our Homes
After We Have Left Our Homes

Fidel
Fidel