---
title: 'Lima: Breaking the Silence (1999)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Menahem Golan'
released: '1999-11-26'
runtime_minutes: 90
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Action'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/lima-breaking-the-silence-1999'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0157427/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Lima: Breaking the Silence (1999)

1999 · 90 min · Drama, Action, Crime · United States


## Synopsis

Lima: Breaking the Silence is a 1999 American action film directed and written by Menahem Golan, starring Joe Lara and Billy Drago. The story is based on the 1996-1997 Japanese embassy hostage crisis at the Embassy of Japan in Lima, Peru.

## Credits

- **Producer:** [Julie Davis](https://cinepixo.com/people/julie-davis), [Menahem Golan](https://cinepixo.com/people/menahem-golan), [Avi Lerner](https://cinepixo.com/people/avi-lerner), [Trevor Short](https://cinepixo.com/people/trevor-short-2), [Danny Dimbort](https://cinepixo.com/people/danny-dimbort)
- **Director:** [Menahem Golan](https://cinepixo.com/people/menahem-golan)
- **Screenplay:** [Menahem Golan](https://cinepixo.com/people/menahem-golan), [Vadim Sokolovsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/vadim-sokolovsky)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Robert O. Ragland](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-o-ragland)
- **Director of Photography:** [Yuri Marukhin](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuri-marukhin)

## Cast

- [Joe Lara](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-lara)
- [Robert Ito](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-ito)
- [Natalie Roth](https://cinepixo.com/people/natalie-roth)
- [Julie St. Claire](https://cinepixo.com/people/julie-st-claire)
- [Charles Napier](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-napier)
- [Bentley Mitchum](https://cinepixo.com/people/bentley-mitchum)
- [Richard Lynch](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-lynch)
- [Christopher Atkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-atkins)
- [Alyaksandar Kashpyarow](https://cinepixo.com/people/alyaksandar-kashpyarow)
- [Billy Drago](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-drago)
- [Julie Davis](https://cinepixo.com/people/julie-davis)
- [Dana Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/dana-lee)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/lima-breaking-the-silence-1999
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