Pinochet in Suburbia

Pinochet in Suburbia

90 mins | Drama, History, TV Movie | March 26, 2006

In 1998 former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet visits Britain for medical treatment. On being tipped off, Amnesty International seize the chance to bring to justice a man they insist is guilty of multiple human rights violations. The newly-elected Labour government is initially amenable, and soon Pinochet is under house arrest (albeit in a detached house in leafy suburbia) and awaiting extradition to Spain. However, Amnesty are up against the complexities of British law, the vacillations of Home Secretary Jack Straw, Pinochet's former ally Margaret Thatcher - and the Senator's own vast reserves of cunning.

Pinochet in Suburbia

90 mins | Drama, History, TV Movie | March 26, 2006

Pinochet in Suburbia
In 1998 former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet visits Britain for medical treatment. On being tipped off, Amnesty International seize the chance to bring to justice a man they insist is guilty of multiple human rights violations. The newly-elected Labour government is initially amenable, and soon Pinochet is under house arrest (albeit in a detached house in leafy suburbia) and awaiting extradition to Spain. However, Amnesty are up against the complexities of British law, the vacillations of Home Secretary Jack Straw, Pinochet's former ally Margaret Thatcher - and the Senator's own vast reserves of cunning.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers Tiger Aspect Productions, BBC
Original title Pinochet in Suburbia
Directors Richard Curson Smith
Writers Richard Curson Smith

Cast

Derek Jacobi

as Senator Augusto Pinochet

Phyllida Law

as Lucia Pinochet

Peter Capaldi

as Andy McEntee

Anna Massey

as Baroness Thatcher

Yolanda Vazquez

as Nicole Drouilly

Daniel Cerqueira

as Victor Jobim

Jessica Hynes

as WPC Broughton

Pip Torrens

as Michael Caplan

Tim McMullan

as Di Parfrey

Susan Wooldridge

as Pam Harris

Michael Maloney

as Jack Straw

Gethin Anthony

as William Straw

Patricia Villa

as Cleaner

Alex Blake

as Adam

Natasha Williams

as Nurse

Richard Rees

as Steve

Hugh Ross

as Magistrate

Susan Brown

as Female Lawyer

Sally Rowe

as Second Female Lawyer

Arturo Venegas

as Ernesto

Javier Alcina

as Tony

John Albasiny

as Media Executive

Martin Ball

as Jonathan Powell

Vicki Pepperdine

as Interviewer

Jane How

as Local Resident

Anna Nicholas

as Michelle Drouilly