El Comité
MovieTitle | El Comité |
User score | 0 |
Release date | Mar 26, 2006 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | Mateo Herrera |
Production country | Ecuador |
Run time | 93 min. |
A documentary chronicle of the prisoners’ takeover of the Garcia Moreno Penitentiary in Quito, Ecuador. The prisoners find they suddenly have a voice after they take 360 people hostage, and a pattern of abuse and corruption by the guards toward the prisoners becomes clear after lengthy negotiations.