339 Amín Abel Hasbun. Memory of a Crime

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Based on a real story, 339 Amín Abel Hasbún. Memory of a Crime is an intriguing account of the murder of Amín Abel Hasbún, a brilliant student leader in the Dominican Republic accused of kidnapping US Embassy official, J. Crowley. Hasbún was one of many young leftists fighting against the government of Dr. Joaquín Balaguer, who favored a repressive regime.

Hasbun’s death shook the sensibility of the Dominican people to the point that Balaguer had to orchestrate an investigation despite the fact that his government had been responsible for the cold-blooded murder.

With a plot that involved the CIA and the Dominican Republic Police Force, the film does an excellent job at deconstructing the events that took place the morning of September 24, 1970, when Amin, his wife and 2-year-old son received the fatal visit from the police and country’s District Attorney.

"Socially beneficial cinema...Báez's main success is... the courage to put an authoritative and semi-dictatorial government on the table for debate and analysis." — José Rafael Sosa, El Nacional

"Don't look for war actions, sentimental episodes, or cinematic tricks common in today's cinema. Everything revolves around the interrogations with incisive effects on the spectator, holding the attention of the audience at all times; the use of symbols that translate the change of Pretorian order, photos and deformed objects send a message of the deterioration and downturn of the Dominican Republic's judicial value system." — Tony Raful, Listin Diario

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Báez, Etzel (film director)
Silva, Margaux da (actor)
Liriano Bass, Guillermo (actor)
Mejía, Pericles (actor)
Morales, Amalfi Michel (screenwriter)

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Cinematography, Leo Pérez; editor, Ramón A. Peña Rodríguez; music, Huayna Jiménez Ronzino.

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