Chronicles of a tragic generation (1993)

A tailor (Gerardo Calero) comments on the life of a generation of young and wealthy criollos in the Viceroyalty of New Granada between 1781 and 1816, led by Antonio Nariño (Luis Fernando Montoya), who felt betrayed by Spain after seeing how José Antonio Galán was vilely deceived and executed, to do the unthinkable: Influenced by the ideas of Benjamin Franklin and the French Revolution he achieved the Enlightenment of the New Granada, while falling in love and marrying Magdalena Ortega (Maria Elena Döehring). He is persecuted for having translated the Rights of Man and the Citizen and exiled.

Released March 16, 1993 45 min Episode 45 min None+

Genres: Action, Biography, Drama

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