The Death of Jaime Roldós

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The history of Ecuador was shaken in 1981 by the sudden death of President Jaime Roldós and his wife Martha Bucaram in a suspicious plane crash.

Described by Gabriel García Márquez as a "president with a generous heart," Roldós had sought the democratic leadership of a continent that was subject to the power of brutal military dictatorships.

The film examines his two deaths: the probable conspiracy generated by his policy of Human Rights advocacy in the continent, and the Shakespearean drama of his three children, faced with the manipulated image of their parents by a populist party created by members of their own family.

After thirty years of silence, combining investigative journalism and film essay, the film leads us to discover a surprising and unknown chapter in the history of Latin America that resonates deeply in the present.

Now, thanks to the new lines of investigation laid out by The Death of Jaime Roldós, the attorney general of Ecuador, Galo Chiriboga, has decided to reopen the case. Perhaps there are no longer people to accuse, but it remains essential to rethink the historical process, to look back at the past in order to try to construct a different present.

"The Death of Jaime Roldós by Lisandra Rivera and Manolo Sarmiento, about the death of Ecuador's president, has been integral to the success of Ecuadorian cinema on a local and international scale." — Gary M. Kramer, IndieWire

"The award-winning The Death of Jaime Roldós delves into the mystery behind the plane crash that killed Roldos, Ecuador's president from 1979 to 1981. It has forced the re-opening of the case." — Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety

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Rivera, Lisandra I. (film producer)
Rivera, Lisandra I. (film director)
Sarmiento, Manolo (film producer)
Sarmiento, Manolo (film director)
Sarmiento, Manolo (screenwriter)
Andrade, Daniel (film director)
Andrade, Daniel (screenwriter)

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Cinematography, Daniel Andrade; editor, Manoela Ziggiatti, Sergio Venturini; music, Daniel Mancero.

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