Talk:Open Wound

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Mono con Gallinas or Open Wound is a film which narrates the events of the conflict between Ecuador and Peru on the southern border in 1941, when Jorge (Rene Pastor) joins the Ecuadorian military and is captured by Peruvian forces. While recovering from his injuries, a fellow captive plans an escape, and Jorge must decide to stay away or stay with the nurse he's in love with.

The movie is based on the life of the great-uncle of the film director Alfredo León León, Jorge León Chávez when he was 18 years old and was a soldier of the border conflict against Peru in 1941. Much of the story is fiction reconstructed from the experiences of Jorge, who was imprisoned for 8 or 9 months by the Peruvian army in Iquitos and because no one found out about this, they gave him for dead, thus far appearing in military records as killed in war. The film is not about the war itself, rather it is the story of Jorge's captivity, and it is not considered a biopic or historical document. The name of the film was given by the name given by the opposing sides, where the Ecuadorians were called monkeys and the Peruvians chickens.

The following weapons were used in the film Open Wound:

Pistols

Browning Hi-Power

This pistol was the standard weapon of the armed forces of both countries, which is used by the following characters in the film and also it is the only semi-automatic pistol to appear throughout the film's story.

Browning Hi-Power - 9x19mm

The Subofficer Mario (Pietro Sibille) with his Browning Hi-Power pistol aiming Jorge while escaping from the military camp

Rifles

Czech vz. 33 Mauser

The vz. 33 Czech Mauser was the standard rifle of the Ecuadorian armed forces during the 1941 conflict, here the protagonist Jorge uses this rifle during the events of the film.

Czech vz. 16/33 - 7.92x57mm Mauser - Gewehr 33/40 (t)

Jorge with his rifle hunting a monkey in the jungle

Machine Guns

MG42 7.92x57mm Mauser

Special Weapons

One of the weapons that although they did not appear in the movie, these weapons served as training for one of the actors who played their characters. The filming of the film took place near a military base of the special forces of the Ecuadorian army called IWIA.

M1 Carbine

M1 Carbine with heat shield, adjustable rear sight and 15-round magazine - .30 Carbine

Heckler & Koch 33 This is the standar rifle of the ecuatorian army to date, still in service

Heckler & Koch HK33A2 with 40-round magazine - 5.56x45mm

FN-MG

FN MAG 58 - 7.62x51mm NATO