Murder in the Senate

Murder in the Senate
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SpanishAsesinato en el Senado de la Nación
Directed byJuan José Jusid
Written byCarlos Somigliana
Produced byAlberto Trigo
Horacio Casares
Starring
CinematographyJosé María Hermo
Edited byLuis César D'Angiolillo
Music byBaby López Fürst
Distributed byHoracio Casares Prod. S.A.
Release date
  • 13 September 1984 (1984-09-13) (Argentina)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryArgentina
LanguageSpanish

Murder in the Senate (Spanish: Asesinato en el Senado de la Nación) is a 1984 Argentine historical crime drama film directed by Juan José Jusid and written by Carlos Somigliana. It stars José Soriano, Miguel Ángel Solá and Oscar Martínez. The film premiered on 13 September 1984 in Buenos Aires. Miguel Ángel Solá won Best Actor for his performance at the Havana Film Festival and Jusid won a Golden Colon to best director at the Huelva Latin American Film Festival.

The political film is set in 1930s Argentina, during the so-called Infamous Decade. It tells the story of the real-life assassination attempt on politician Lisandro de la Torre by Ramón Valdez Cora.

Synopsis

In 1934, Argentine Senator Lisandro de la Torre launched a parliamentary investigation into systematic tax evasion and corruption within the meat trade with Great Britain, a subject that his fellow party member Julio Noble had previously attempted but failed to uncover. During this investigation, tragedy struck when de la Torre's disciple and close friend, senator-elect Enzo Bordabehere, was shot and murdered amid a parliamentary debate, leading to the federal intervention in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. The film depicts the unfolding of de la Torre's and Bordabehere's quest to expose the truth, as well as the manipulation of former cop and henchman Valdez Cora, who would later become de la Torre's would-be assassin, by corrupt members of the Senate, particularly the pro-Nazi figure Don Alberto.

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