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During the rule of brutal right-wing military juntas in Paraguay and Argentina, half-English/half-Paraguayan medical doctor Eduardo Plarr returns from Buenos Aires to work in the small town of Corrientes, Argentina, where he first arrived after his escape from Paraguay years earlier. He quickly forms new friendships such as the one with the alcoholic British Honorary Consul, Charley Fortnum, whose beautiful Argentinian wife, former high-class prostitute Clara, Eduardo seduces and they have a passionate affair. He also re-establishes old ones like the one with the juntas Colonel Perez and Leon, a former priest turned rebel leader, who also happens to be Eduardos childhood friend from Paraguay. All of this comes together to create a serious problem for Eduardo when he is asked to help the rebels kidnap the US ambassador, whos coming to visit Corrientes and whose kidnapping might force the US to force the Paraguayan junta to release several political prisoners, including Eduardos father who may or may not still be alive.
Dr. Eduardo Plarr is a medical doctor with a Paraguayan deceased mother and an English anti-junta revolutionary father, possibly still alive but imprisoned in Paraguay, who lives in Argentina during the countrys so-called Dirty War. He unsuccessfully tries to get news about his father from his Argentinian pro-junta acquaintance Colonel Perez. One night, Eduardo is summoned to attend to the alcoholic British Honorary Consul, Charley Fortnum, who asks to be taken to a brothel, where Eduardo notices a beautiful young prostitute but she leaves with another man. When he later returns to the whorehouse to find her, he learns that the prostitute, Clara, left the place for good. Some time later, Charley calls him to examine his wife, and when Eduard arrives, he sees that Charleys wife is none other than Clara. One day, Eduardo meets her by chance in a store and buys her an expensive pair of sunglasses. Clara goes with him to his apartment and they begin a love affair. When Clara becomes pregnant by Eduardo, Charley believes that the baby is his. Meanwhile Eduardos childhood friend from Paraguay, Leon, visits him in his office and tells him that his father is still alive in prison in Paraguay. Furthermore, he tells him that he and his rebel friends plans to abduct the American Ambassador and exchange him for several political prisoners in Paraguay including Eduardos father. However, Leon needs inside information about the ambassadors visit and asks Eduardo to get it from Charley. What will Eduardo do?
Michael Caine
Charley Fortnum
Richard Gere
Dr. Plarr
Bob Hoskins
Colonel Perez
Elpidia Carrillo
Clara
Joaquim de Almeida
Leon
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Aquino
Stephanie Cotsirilos
Marta
Domingo Ambriz
Diego
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Pablo
Nicolás Jasso
Miguel
Geoffrey Palmer
British Ambassador
Leonard Maguire
Dr. Humphries
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Senor Escobar
Erika Carlsson
Senora Escobar
Josefina Echánove
Senora Sanchez
Ramón Álvarez
Henry Plarr
George Belanger
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