El silencio del topo / Anaïs Taracena/ 2021 / Guatemala / 91 min.

The memorable story of Guatemala's Schindler. In the late 1970s, journalist Elías Barahona, alias El Topo, infiltrated the military government as press chief for the Minister of the Interior. Barahona put his life on the line every day to save dozens of dissidents from the regime. In 2014, El Topo decides to break decades of silence to testify in a state trial. Filmmaker Anais Taracena accompanies him with her camera. A few weeks after testifying, Barahona dies. Taracena gives voice to oblivion and follows in the footsteps of El Topo to recover the silenced memory of Guatemala.

• Conversation via Zoom with the director after the screening