He murdered a senator, escaped max security, then vanished for 22 years. Where's Waldo, but fascism.
Responsible for the deaths of a former carabineros colonel and Senator Jaime Guzmán, Ricardo Palma was serving his life sentence until 1996 when he escaped from the country's maximum security prison, becoming Chile's most wanted fugitive for more than 20 years, until February 2018 when Interpol agents arrested him in Paris.
Direction
Plays like a thriller despite talking heads.
Editing
Archive footage stitched into propulsive narrative.
Director
Sergio Castro San Martín
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Palma's capture in 2018 reignited Chile's unresolved debate about revolutionary violence versus state terrorism during the dictatorship.
He lived under his real first name in France—Ricardo—because he assumed no one would look for someone so obvious.
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