The Silence of the Mole (2021)
1h 31m
Running Time
April 29, 2021Release Date
The Silence of the Mole (2021)
1h 31m
Running Time
April 29, 2021Release Date
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Plot.
Through some of the last interviews with him before his death, Guatemalan filmmaker Anaïs Taracena bravely and artfully pieces together Barahona's incredible, heroic story, as well as his testimony in 2014 on one of the worst urban massacres to take place during the war in Guatemala: the Spanish Embassy massacre in 1980.
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Release DateApril 29, 2021
Original NameEl silencio del topo
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 31m
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The Silence of the Mole (Spanish: El silencio del topo) is a 2021 Guatemalan documentary film directed by Anaïs Taracena. It tells the story of the journalist Elías Barahona, better known as The Mole, who between 1976 and 1980 was infiltrated as press secretary of the Guatemalan Ministry of the Interior. It was selected as the Guatemalan entry in the Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.