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The Kidnapping of Ingrid Betancourt

Original title: Missing Peace
  • 20032003
  • 1h 16m
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Missing Peace (2003)
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On May 26, 2002, we watched the Colombian presidential elections from Bogotà's regal Plaza de Bolivar. We had come to Colombia to document the campaign of controversial presidential candidat... Read allOn May 26, 2002, we watched the Colombian presidential elections from Bogotà's regal Plaza de Bolivar. We had come to Colombia to document the campaign of controversial presidential candidate, Ingrid Betancourt. But on Election Day, Ingrid never arrived. Instead, the candidate ap... Read allOn May 26, 2002, we watched the Colombian presidential elections from Bogotà's regal Plaza de Bolivar. We had come to Colombia to document the campaign of controversial presidential candidate, Ingrid Betancourt. But on Election Day, Ingrid never arrived. Instead, the candidate appeared in the Plaza as a cardboard torso-carried in the arms of her husband, Juan Carlos L... Read all
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    • Victoria Bruce
    • Karin Hayes
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    • Karin Hayes
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    On May 26, 2002, we watched the Colombian presidential elections from Bogotà's regal Plaza de Bolivar. We had come to Colombia to document the campaign of controversial presidential candidate, Ingrid Betancourt. But on Election Day, Ingrid never arrived. Instead, the candidate appeared in the Plaza as a cardboard torso-carried in the arms of her husband, Juan Carlos Lecompte. As Juan Carlos and Ingrid's mother, Yolanda Pulecio, pleaded with the Colombian people for solidarity, Ingrid spent Election Day deep in the Colombian jungle-a hostage of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), and one of the thousands of victims of Colombia's 40 year-old civil war. In THE KIDNAPPING OF INGRID BETANCOURT, Ingrid Betancourt tells her own life story including how, since the beginning of her congressional election in 1994, she risked her life by denouncing Colombian politicians who have been linked to drug cartels. The film continues after the day she is kidnapped on February 23, 2002, and documents her family and her political party, thrown into upheaval, as they struggle to free her and to keep her presidential campaign alive. —Directors
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      Won "Best Documentary" at El Festivalito International Digital Film Festival 2004, Santa Cruz de la Palma, Island of La Palma, Canary Islands.
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    I want to know who's reviewing documentaries that gave this a 6.7 avg, was there a link from like Beavis and Butthead or something? This was a brilliant, gutsy and heart-rendering project, one tasked by 2 American women in Columbia who put their lives on the line. They pursued this story while basically painting a bullseye on themselves for an "organization" like FARC who'd shown they are indiscriminate about who they will kidnap...they took a Presidential candidate, I don't envision 2 American women would be a stretch. Watch this brilliant film and you'll see the effects of kidnapping first hand and how it impacts a family, you'll learn about the unimaginable struggle to get your loved ones back from terrorists. A must-see film.
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      • February 2005 (France)
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      • Spanish
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      • El secuestro de Ingrid Betancourt
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      • Colombia
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      • Urcunina Films
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      1 hour 16 minutes
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