Pinochet in Suburbia

Pinochet in Suburbia — Plot

In 1998 former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet visits Britain for medical treatment. On being tipped off, Amnesty International seize the chance to bring to justice a man they insist is guilty of multiple human rights violations. The newly-elected Labour government is initially amenable, and soon Pinochet is under house arrest (albeit in a detached house in leafy suburbia) and awaiting extradition to Spain. However, Amnesty are up against the complexities of British law, the vacillations of Home Secretary Jack Straw, Pinochet's former ally Margaret Thatcher - and the Senator's own vast reserves of cunning.

• Release date
• March 26, 2006
• Runtime
• 90 min
• Genres
• Drama, History, TV Movie
• Director
• Richard Curson Smith

Pinochet in Suburbia — Cast

Derek Jacobi Senator Augusto Pinochet Phyllida Law Lucia Pinochet Peter Capaldi Andy McEntee Anna Massey Baroness Thatcher Yolanda Vazquez Nicole Drouilly Daniel Cerqueira Victor Jobim Jessica Hynes WPC Broughton Pip Torrens Michael Caplan