Still, with the Venice Film Festival just starting still a long way to go. The film must complete its passage through the competition and then to be elected Argentine representative to the Oscars, although there are few doubts that this does not happen. in theaters of Argentina will arrive on September 29 and in the United States on September 30.
“Argentina, 1985” was already chosen by the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Argentina to represent the country in the 37th edition of the Goya Awards to be held on February 11, 2023 in Seville, Spain. In previous editions, it awarded the award for Best Ibero-American Film to Argentine films such as The Secret in Their Eyes (2009), A Chinese Tale (2011), Wild Tales (2014)The Clan (2015), The Illustrious Citizen (2016) and The Odyssey of the Giles (2019).
Award-winning Santiago Miter (La Patota, La Cordillera) directed the filmwhich he also co-wrote with his regular collaborator Mariano Llinas (The flower, Extraordinary stories). The film has a stellar cast led by Ricardo Darín (The Secret in Their Eyes, Wild Tales) as Julio Strassera and Peter Lanzani (The clan, The angel) as Luis Moreno Ocampo.
“Argentina, 1985! is inspired by the true story of prosecutors Julio Strassera and Luis Moreno Ocampo, who in 1985 dared to investigate and prosecute the military dictatorship bloodiest in Argentine history. Undeterred by the still considerable military influence in the new and fragile democracy, Strassera and Moreno Ocampo metn a young legal team of unlikely heroes for their David vs. Goliath battle. Under constant threat to them and their families, They ran against time to do justice for the victims of the military junta.
The team from “Argentina, 1985” displayed the light blue and white at the Venice Festival
Ricardo Darin and the team of the film “Argentina, 1985” unfurled a blue and white flag on the red carpet of the Venice Film Festivalafter the director of the film, Santiago Mitre, expressed concern about the attack against Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.
“If there is something that we believed that the trial of 1985 had settled forever, it is violence as a possibility of resolving political conflicts.is something that we strongly repudiate”, said the director at the press conference after the screening and added: “We thought that “Never Again” raised by the prosecutor Julio Strassera it had been forever and we see that the violence still exists”.
Source: Ambito
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