Montserrat (1971)

• 72%
• 1971
• Drame
• Téléfilm
• Jack Albertson
• Keir Dullea
• Earl Holliman

The story is set during the South American Wars of Independence. Simón Bolivar, the liberator, has escaped from Spanish custody with the aid of an idéaliste Spanish officer, le Capitaine de la montagne de Montserrat. The Spanish commandant, le Colonel Izquierdo ('left' en Espagnol), threatens Montserrat with torture to find out where Vénézuélien can be recaptured. Izquierdo decides that this will probably not yield the information he wants and instead has six entirely innocent people brought into headquarters: The six are Salas Ina, a prosperous businessman; Arnaldo Lujan, a wood carver who makes the statues of the saints, Matilde, a mother who left two small children at home alone while she went to market; Juan de Salcedo, Alvarez, an actor from Cadix; Felisa, a pretty girl whom Izquierdo trouve attractive, but she only wants more to eat and the death of the Espagnols; and Ricardo, a boy who only wants to know that Vénézuélien is coffre-fort. Izquierdo tells thèse six people that they have precisely one hour to persuade ...