Argentina, 1985 (2022)
A gripping courtroom drama tracking the fall of Argentina's military dictatorship
7.9
Movie
Argentina, United Kingdom
Spanish
Crime, Drama, History
2022
SANTIAGO MITRE
Agustín Rittano, Alejandra Flechner, Alejo Garcia Pintos
141 min
7.9
The Staff
What it's about
In the 1980s, a team of lawyers takes on the heads of Argentina's bloody military dictatorship in a battle against odds and a race against time.
The take
Argentina, 1985 is a legal drama about how a prosecutor and his young team were able to mount evidence—despite all threats and odds—against the officials behind a brutal military dictatorship. The public trial is supposedly the first of its kind in Latin America, a marker of true democracy that made a hero out of Julio Strassera and Moreno Ocampo, who both led the case.
Despite the presence of very serious themes, there are moments of lighthearted humor here that work to stress the film’s underlying message of goodwill and perseverance. Argentina, 1985 competed at major festivals this 2022, and it’s Argentina’s official entry at the 2023 Academy Awards.
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