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The Escape (2001) | Slate

The Escape

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The Escape

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Rated 6.3 on TMDB

The Escape

La fuga

Freedom is an irresistible instinct.

In the summer of 1928, several inmates from the National Penitentiary in Buenos Aires managed to escape. The film narrates the fate of each of these runaways in search of their destiny - tough men with their own ethical codes and ready to do anything not to return to prison. Some of them will suffer violent deaths, while others manage de disappear. Sordid and moving stories, not excluding tenderness and love, mercy or horror sealed with a pact of prison love that will remain in the heart of Buenos Aires, as witness of the yearned-for freedom.

Released: 2001
Runtime: 1h 57m
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Language: Spanish

Direction and writing

Eduardo MignognaDirector, Writer

Jorge GoldenbergWriter

Cast

Miguel Ángel SoláLaureano Irala
Ricardo DarínDomingo Santaló, 'El Pibe'
Gerardo RomanoJulio Bordiola

GM

Graciela MaglieWriter

Where to watch

Unavailable

Patricio ContrerasEusebio Duval

Inés EstévezTabita

Norma AleandroLa Varela

Arturo MalyPedro Escofet

Alejandro AwadaTomás Opitti

Full cast and crew

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