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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The film is not about the war itself, rather it is the story of Jorge's captivity, and it is not considered a biopic or historical document.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.
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.
Machine Guns
Throughout the history of the Ecuadorian armed forces, Ecuador had a close alliance with Germany at the start of World War II, which Germany was the main seller of machine guns in that country that were used as standards until the decade of the 50's
MG42
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
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Heckler & Koch HK33
This is the standar rifle of the ecuatorian army to date, still in service
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