Movie Description:
Renowned Dr. Joel Filartiga runs a free health clinic in strife-torn Paraguay with his wife Nidia. Under thebrutal dictatorship of GeneralStroessner, kidnapping, tortureand murder are common, and Filartiga is an outspoken critic of the government, speaking openly despite death threats tohimself-until his son is mysteriously murdered. It doesn`t take Filartiga long to discover his son was a victim ofbrutal torture by the police and,enraged, he attacks the government through the courts withthe help of criminal lawyerPerrone. They are blockedat every turn as the law istwisted by the authorities until it breaks, and Filartiga`sstruggle for justice becomesmore than one man`s fighte against the government.
