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      One Man's War

      PG-13 1991 1h 30m Drama List
      Reviews 67% 50+ Ratings Audience Score A Paraguayan doctor (Anthony Hopkins) and his wife (Norma Aleandro) crusade for human rights in the name of their fatally tortured son. Read More Read Less

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      jon c HBO presents another one of their many biopics. Based on a true story of one man's personal battle to fight the higher power of corruption. Anthony Hopkins plays Joel Filartiga, a Paraguay activist/doctor in 1976. He sees the duplicity in the dictatorship of the country treating its citizens. Most have their land properly seized or burned to the ground by guerrilla soldiers. He takes a stand to correct human rights violations which sadly results in the death of his own son. The officials halt Joel at any expense to make them accountable but he refuses to back down. This is a surefire performance by Hopkins. The man has so much range playing a father and freedom advocate in the name of great change. Plus it's important to witness the shady, bureaucratic nature of a country bearing down on its citizens. But today the nightmare continues for a lot of families facing such mistreatment. This family in particular struggled for so long to get proper justice. The fight is hard but even Joel and his loved ones stood together against a powerful system covered in lies. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Unbalanced direction, sometimes very subtle, sometimes overdramatic but overall interesting and good enough, I saw it mostly for Norma Aleandro who performs in this movie as Anthony Hopkins' wife and for the thematic which is almost the same as what happened in my country Argentina during the '70's dictatorship of General Videla. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis A Paraguayan doctor (Anthony Hopkins) and his wife (Norma Aleandro) crusade for human rights in the name of their fatally tortured son.
      Director
      Sergio Toledo
      Rating
      PG-13
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (DVD)
      Nov 7, 2006
      Runtime
      1h 30m
      Sound Mix
      Stereo