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2021 · 69m · Documentary
During the Malvinas war, more than a thousand Argentine soldiers were wounded. Many were cared for by 14 nurses in a mobile hospital located in Comodoro Rivadavia. After 37 years of silence, three of them return to the place to tell their stories.
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