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In 1994, a film adaptation starring Jennifer Connelly and Creator/AntonioBanderas was released.

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In 1994, a film adaptation starring Jennifer Connelly Creator/JenniferConnelly and Creator/AntonioBanderas was released.



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* TheGoodShepperd: José, brother to Francisco, is a priest who works helping out the needy in remote villages. [[spoiler: He later helps Francisco reveal bodies in the abandoned mine.]]

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* TheGoodShepperd: GoodShepherd: José, brother to Francisco, is a priest who works helping out the needy in remote villages. [[spoiler: He later helps Francisco reveal bodies in the abandoned mine.]]



* IntrepidReporter: Irene works for a women's magazine. After Evangelina is kidnapped, she interviews somebody who gives her information about Evangelina's fate and enough clues to find evidence. An attempt is made to assassinate her.



* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: [[spoiler:Gustavo Morante]] is assassinated because he tries to get his country's armed forces on a good path.
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: The Lieutenant Ramirez arrests [[spoiler:Evangelina after she beat him up single-handedly]]. He is so humiliated that he rapes and murders her.



* PoliceAreUseless: When Digna Ranquileo realizes her baby was switched with another, she complains, as does another woman who gave birth at the same hospital. The police threaten to detain them for slandering the hospital staff, so Digna and the other woman just take home the babies they were given and [[NamesTheSame give them both the same name: Evangelina]].

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* PoliceAreUseless: When Digna Ranquileo realizes her baby was switched with another, she complains, as does another woman who gave birth at the same hospital. The police threaten to detain them for slandering the hospital staff, so Digna and the other woman just take home the babies they were given and [[NamesTheSame give them both the same name: Evangelina]].Evangelina.
* SelectiveIgnorance:
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: [[spoiler: Francisco and Irene]] are forced to change their appearance, obtain false documents, and leave the country. As they cross the border on a pair of mules, they say to themselves that they will return.

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''De amor y de sombra'' is a 1984 novel by Chilean author Isabel Allende. In Pinochet's Chile, reporter Irene Beltrán and her photographer Francisco Leal strike up a close relationship which crosses all the boundaries. She is wealthy, from a family of junta supporters, and engaged to an officer, while he is the poor son of a communist, and is secretly working to undermine the dictatorship.

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''De amor y de sombra'' is a 1984 novel by Chilean author Isabel Allende. In Pinochet's Chile, reporter Irene Beltrán and her photographer Francisco Leal strike up a close relationship which that crosses all the boundaries. She is wealthy, from a family of junta supporters, and engaged to an officer, while he is the poor son of a communist, and is secretly working to undermine the dictatorship.



* CampGay: Marco
* DisappearedDad: Quite literally. Irene's father is believed to be one of "the disappeared". [[spoiler: Near the end of the book, it turns out he's been living with a mistress in the Caribbean the whole time.]]

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* CampGay: Marco
Marco, the hairstylist who works in Irene's magazine.
* DisappearedDad: Quite literally. Irene's father steps out to buy cigarettes and never returns, leaving his wife Beatriz with all his debts. He is believed to be one of "the disappeared". [[spoiler: Near the end of the book, it turns out he's been living with a mistress in the Caribbean the whole time.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: Javier, Francisco's older brother, because of the shame of being unable to find work.
* TheGoodShepperd: José, brother to Francisco, is a priest who works helping out the needy in remote villages. [[spoiler: He later helps Francisco reveal bodies in the abandoned mine.
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* MagicRealism: Particularly where Evangelina is concerned.

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* MagicRealism: Particularly where Evangelina is concerned. She is believed to perform miracles.
* SwitchedAtBirth: [[spoiler: Evangelina]]. Her mother took a peek when her own baby (dark-skinned, dark-haired, and with big black eyes) was coming out of her, and she immediately realizes that the fair-skinned baby is not hers.
* PoliceAreUseless: When Digna Ranquileo realizes her baby was switched with another, she complains, as does another woman who gave birth at the same hospital. The police threaten to detain them for slandering the hospital staff, so Digna and the other woman just take home the babies they were given and [[NamesTheSame give them both the same name: Evangelina]].
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* HotScoop: The stunningly beautiful Irene.
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When the two journey to a remote village to investigate the miraculous trances of a young girl named Evangelina Ranquileo, their arrival coincides with that of the Lieutenant Ramirez and his troops. Following an altercation with Ramirez, the faith healer is kidnapped by the squadron, prompting Irene and Francisco's resolution to find her and indict the junta.

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When the two journey to a remote village to investigate the miraculous trances of a young girl named Evangelina Ranquileo, their arrival coincides with that of the Lieutenant Ramirez Ramírez and his troops. Following an altercation with Ramirez, Ramírez, the faith healer is kidnapped by the squadron, prompting Irene and Francisco's resolution to find her and indict the junta.



* ImpoverishedPatrician: Irene and her mother have fallen on hard times since

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* ImpoverishedPatrician: Irene and her mother have fallen on hard times since Eusebio Beltrán disappeared.

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When the two journey to a remote village to investigate the miraculous trances of a young girl named Evangelina Ranquileo, their arrival coincides with that of the Lieutenant Ramirez and his troops. The faith healer is kidnapped by the squadron, prompting Irene and Francisco's resolution to find her and indict the junta.

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When the two journey to a remote village to investigate the miraculous trances of a young girl named Evangelina Ranquileo, their arrival coincides with that of the Lieutenant Ramirez and his troops. The Following an altercation with Ramirez, the faith healer is kidnapped by the squadron, prompting Irene and Francisco's resolution to find her and indict the junta.


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* DisappearedDad: Quite literally. Irene's father is one of "the disappeared".

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* DisappearedDad: Quite literally. Irene's father is believed to be one of "the disappeared".disappeared". [[spoiler: Near the end of the book, it turns out he's been living with a mistress in the Caribbean the whole time.]]
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When the two journey to a remote village to investigate the miraculous trances of a young girl named Evangelina Ranquileo, their arrival coincides with that of the Lieutenant Ramirez and his troops. When the faith healer is kidnapped by the squadron, Irene and Francisco resolve to find her and indict the junta.

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When the two journey to a remote village to investigate the miraculous trances of a young girl named Evangelina Ranquileo, their arrival coincides with that of the Lieutenant Ramirez and his troops. When the The faith healer is kidnapped by the squadron, prompting Irene and Francisco resolve Francisco's resolution to find her and indict the junta.
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''De amor y de sombra'' is a 1984 novel by Chilean author Isabel Allende. In Pinochet's Chile, reporter Isabel Beltrán and her photographer Francisco Leal strike up a close relationship which crosses all the boundaries. She is wealthy, from a family of junta supporters, and engaged to an officer, while he is the poor son of a communist, and is secretly working to undermine the dictatorship.

When the two journey to a remote village to investigate the miraculous trances of a young girl named Evangelina Ranquileo, their arrival coincides with that of the Lieutenant Ramirez and his troops. When the faith healer is kidnapped by the squadron, Isabel and Francisco resolve to find her and indict the junta.

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''De amor y de sombra'' is a 1984 novel by Chilean author Isabel Allende. In Pinochet's Chile, reporter Isabel Irene Beltrán and her photographer Francisco Leal strike up a close relationship which crosses all the boundaries. She is wealthy, from a family of junta supporters, and engaged to an officer, while he is the poor son of a communist, and is secretly working to undermine the dictatorship.

When the two journey to a remote village to investigate the miraculous trances of a young girl named Evangelina Ranquileo, their arrival coincides with that of the Lieutenant Ramirez and his troops. When the faith healer is kidnapped by the squadron, Isabel Irene and Francisco resolve to find her and indict the junta.



* DisappearedDad: Quite literally. Isabel's father is one of "the disappeared".
* HotScoop: The stunningly beautiful Isabel.
* ImpoverishedPatrician: Isabel and her mother have fallen on hard times since

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* DisappearedDad: Quite literally. Isabel's Irene's father is one of "the disappeared".
* HotScoop: The stunningly beautiful Isabel.
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* ImpoverishedPatrician: Isabel Irene and her mother have fallen on hard times since

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When the two journey to a remote village to investigate

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When the two journey to a remote village to investigate
investigate the miraculous trances of a young girl named Evangelina Ranquileo, their arrival coincides with that of the Lieutenant Ramirez and his troops. When the faith healer is kidnapped by the squadron, Isabel and Francisco resolve to find her and indict the junta.

But in a land of arbitrary arrests and summary executions, the truth is a dangerous thing to seek.



* MagicRealism: Particularly where Evangelina is concerned.

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* DisappearedDad: Quite literally. Isabel's father is one of "the disappeared".
* HotScoop: The stunningly beautiful Isabel.
* ImpoverishedPatrician: Isabel and her mother have fallen on hard times since
* IncompatibleOrientation: Marco's crush on Francisco, who is straight.
* MagicRealism: Particularly where Evangelina is concerned.

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''De amor y de sombra'' is a 1984 novel by Chilean author Isabel Allende. In Pinochet's Chile, reporter Isabel Beltrán and her photographer Francisco Leal strike up a close relationship which crosses all the boundaries. She is wealthy, from a family of junta supporters, and engaged to an officer, while he is the poor son of a communist, and is secretly working to undermine the dictatorship.

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''De amor y de sombra'' is a 1984 novel by Chilean author Isabel Allende. In Pinochet's Chile, reporter Isabel Beltrán and her photographer Francisco Leal strike up a close relationship which crosses all the boundaries. She is wealthy, from a family of junta supporters, and engaged to an officer, while he is the poor son of a communist, and is secretly working to undermine the dictatorship.dictatorship.

When the two journey to a remote village to investigate

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* CampGay: Marco
* MagicRealism: Particularly where Evangelina is concerned.

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''De amor y de sombra'' is a 1984 novel by Chilean author Isabel Allende. In Pinochet's Chile, reporter Isabel Beltrán and her photographer Francisco Leal strike up a close relationship which crosses all the boundaries. She is wealthy, from a family of junta supporters, and engaged to an officer, while he is the poor son of a communist, and is secretly working to undermine the dictatorship.

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