Land of the devil
Director Andrés Di Tella
Countries Argentina
Duration 75 min
Synopsis
El Pais del Diablo by Andrés di Tella examines an historical episode that happened in the decade of 1870 when Adolfo Ensina, the former Minister of Defense, proposed a megalomaniac project: to dig a gulf with a 600 kilometers extension between the Atlantic Ocean and the Andes in order to sustain the “indigenous threat”.
El Pais del Diablo by Andrés di Tella examines an historical episode that happened in the decade of 1870 when Adolfo Ensina, the former Minister of Defense, proposed a megalomaniac project: to dig a gulf with a 600 kilometers extension between the Atlantic Ocean and the Andes in order to sustain the “indigenous threat”.