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Open Wound
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Open Wound (Original Spanish title: Mono con Gallinas, English: Monkey with Chickens) is 2013 Ecuador-Argentine co-production war film directed by Alfredo León León depicting the Ecuadorian–Peruvian War on the southern border in 1941.
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 join him or stay with the Peruvian nurse he has fallen in love with while in captivity.
The movie is based on the life of the great-uncle of the film director Alfredo León León, Jorge León Chávez, who joined the Ecuadorian Army at the age of 18 in time to fight in 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 assumed dead, thus appearing in military records as killed in action. The film is not about the war itself, rather it is the story of Jorge's captivity, and it is not considered a biopic or historical document.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 refers to the derisive nicknames given by the opposing sides to their enemies, where the Ecuadorians were called monkeys and the Peruvians chickens.
The following weapons were used in the film Open Wound:
Pistols
Browning Hi-Power
The Browning Hi-Power is the standard sidearm of the armed forces of both countries and is the only pistol used by Ecuadorian forces throughout the film.
Smith & Wesson 59
An anachronistic Smith & Wesson 59 is the sidearm carried by Peruvian Army Suboficial Mario (Pietro Sibille).
Rifles
Mauser Puška vz. 24
The vz. 24 Czech Mauser was the standard rifle of the Ecuadorian armed forces during the 1941 conflict, and is used by Jorge (Rene Pastor) and other Ecuadorian soldiers.
Mauser Gewehr 1871/84
Peruvian Army forces are armed with antiquated Mauser Gewehr 1871/84 rifles, along with Jorge (Rene Pastor), who makes use of a captured rifle. These rifles are rather out of place for frontline military units in 1941 (they were considered obsolete by the time of the First World War). Peruvian forces during the 1941 conflict primarily used more modern Mauser rifles like the Gewehr 1898, as well as the vz. 24 rifle also used by the Ecuadorians.
Machine Guns
MG 42
A slightly anachronistic MG 42 is carried by Julio Grueso (Fabio Nieves) and fired in a scene when the Peruvian troops attack Jorge's camp. This film takes place in 1941, a year before the adoption of the MG 42 by Germany. The MG 34 would be a more period-accurate choice. Ecuador had a close alliance with Germany at the start of World War II, with Germany being the main supplier of modern machine guns that were used by the military until the 1950s.
Behind-The-Scenes Weapons
Although these weapons did not actually appear in the movie, these weapons were used to train actors in firearm handling in preparation for playing their characters. The filming of the film took place near a military base of a jungle warfare special forces brigade of the Ecuadorian Army known as Iwia- specially in the province of Puyo, in the eastern Amazon of Ecuador.
According to the director of the film, the same armed forces supported the production with the uniforms and weapons used at that time.
M1 Carbine
While it is unlikely the M1 Carbine was actually used by the armed forces during the conflict, this weapon was historically used by the National Police of Ecuador.
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Heckler & Koch HK33
The Heckler & Koch HK33, the current standard issue rifle of the Ecuadorian Army, also makes an appearance.
FN MAG
The FN MAG, Ecuador's current standard issue machine gun for both infantry and vehicle use, also appears.
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