A Show of Force
Directors
Bruno Barreto
Actors
- Amy Irving
- Robert Duvall
- Andy Garcia
Credits: 7
Summary
An American journalist in Puerto Rico in 1978 investigates the death of nationalists who may have been murdered by the police.
More about this movie
Porto Rico, 1978. The Antillian autonomous US Commonwealth is divided by supporters of becoming a full US member state and independence activists, including a violent wing the governor labels as terrorists. Divorced reporter Kate Melendez, widow of independista lawyer Juan, gets in personal danger when she stumbles on a dark set-up. Federal agent Jesus Fuentes officially infiltrated an operation to illegally broadcast a message on Constitution Day in which students Jorge Rey and Alfredo Ruiz are killed. He instigates kidnappings and murders, covered by powerful people. She's scared away, but the senate appoints a special investigator, Luis Angel Mora.