The land of no evil
Director Anna Recalde Miranda
Countries
Duration 80 min
Synopsis
Paraguay, April 2008. After 35 years under Stroessner dictatorship and 17 of power and corruption lead by the Colorado Party, Fernando Lugo, a former bishop who is running for President, represents the hope to build a better future. Internationally recognised as an activist for Human Rights and discoverer of the Archives of Terror, Martin Almada leads a lonely and exasperated battle to expose the links between the old dictatorial system and the current corrupted democracy. Guillermina Kanonnikoff, General Secretary of the Tekojoja Movement, is accompaning Fernando Lugo on his path up until the elections day. Through the lives of these characters we discover a tragic and unknown side of Paraguay’s history, a nation which now seems to have all it takes to change its course.
Paraguay, April 2008. After 35 years under Stroessner dictatorship and 17 of power and corruption lead by the Colorado Party, Fernando Lugo, a former bishop who is running for President, represents the hope to build a better future. Internationally recognised as an activist for Human Rights and discoverer of the Archives of Terror, Martin Almada leads a lonely and exasperated battle to expose the links between the old dictatorial system and the current corrupted democracy. Guillermina Kanonnikoff, General Secretary of the Tekojoja Movement, is accompaning Fernando Lugo on his path up until the elections day. Through the lives of these characters we discover a tragic and unknown side of Paraguay’s history, a nation which now seems to have all it takes to change its course.