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The Mouth of the Wolf

1988 · 123 min Drama Action War
7.3 / 10 · TMDB

Soldier Vitin Luna arrives in the remote Peruvian village of Chuspi, recently reclaimed by the army from Shining Path guerrillas. Trapped alongside other raw recruits, he faces an invisible, omnipresent enemy and the brutal authority of his own lieutenant. The officer, having declared all villagers terrorist collaborators, imposes a bloody order through paranoia and force. As the mountains close in, Vitin's tour of duty becomes a crucible, forcing an impossible choice between blind military obedience and the last whispers of his conscience in this godforsaken corner of the Andes.

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Original Title La boca del lobo
Year 1988
Country Peru, Spain
Genre Drama, Action, War
Director Francisco J. Lombardi
Runtime 123 min.
Rating TMDB: 7.3/10 (29 votes)

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Francisco Lombardi crafts not a war action piece, but a ruthless dissection of fear and the corrosion of authority. The camera coldly observes how isolation and ideology mutate a 'clearing operation' into a ritual of collective madness.

What lingers after the final frame is the grim understanding of a historical wound, where the line between victim and executioner dissolves under the weight of absurd commands. A necessary, unforgiving look at the psychology of counterinsurgency. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Francisco J. Lombardi

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The suffocating silence of the mountains, punctuated by gunfire and commands, thick with pervasive suspicion.

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