The Good Christian
The Good Christian

The Good Christian

6.6(5 votes)
2016
2h 0m
Documentary

In 1979 José Efraín Ríos Montt became a reborn Christian. He was offering a sermon when a group of soldiers burst into his Christian school, and asked him to lead a military coup in 1982. Francisco Chavez Raymundo and his sister were small children when Rios' political actions annihilated their community. In March, 2013 the lives of Francisco Chavez and Rios Montt converge in the same space. Rios is called upon to testify before Guatemalan justice and is confronted by a group of Mayan Ixiles, orphans and widows of the war, Francisco is one of them.

Production

Fondo para la Producción Cinematográfica de Calidad, Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (CCC)

Cast

Marta Chávez Raymundo

Marta Chávez Raymundo

Francisco Chávez Raymundo

Francisco Chávez Raymundo

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