The film “Argentina, 1985”, by Santiago Miter, was nominated in the list of five finalists for the best international film at the Oscar 2023. With the nomination of the film awarded at the Golden Globe 2023, Argentina comes as a favorite for its eighth dispute in this category. The number also gives Argentina exactly double the number of nominations Brazil has captured in the history of the award.
What’s more: Argentina has already taken home two Oscars in the category, which until recently was called best foreign language film, with “The Official Story” in 1986 and with “The Secret in Their Eyes” in 2010. won this dispute .
The finalists from Brazil were “O Pagador de Promessas” (1962), “O Quatrilho (1995), “What Is That, Companheiro?” (1997) and “Central do Brasil” (1998). for “A Truce” ( 1974). ), “Camila” (1984), “The Official Story” (1985), “Tango” (1998), “The Son of the Bride” (2001), “The Secret in Their Eyes” ( 2009), “Wild Tales” (2014) and now “Argentina, 1985” (2022).
It is worth noting that actor Ricardo Darín stars in all four of the latest Argentine candidates.
The plot of “Argentina, 1985” is inspired by the real struggle of prosecutors Julio Strassera and Luis Moreno Ocampo, who dared to investigate and prosecute the country’s military dictatorship in 1985.
Undeterred by the influence of the military, which remained powerful in the new democracy to the point of frightening prosecutors, the two assembled a legal team of young men who, with no careers to lose, became unlikely heroes in the fight against impunity. . . Under constant threat to themselves and their families, they went to great lengths to bring justice to the victims of the military junta – contrary to what happened in Brazil, where there was no state punishment for murderers and torturers.
The stellar cast includes Ricardo Darín and Peter Lanzani (“The Clan”) as Strassera and Ocampo.
Santiago Miter’s film will face the German “Nothing New on the Front”, the Belgian “Close”, the Polish “EO” and the Irish “The Silent Girl” in the race for the Oscars.
Among the competing titles, “Argentina, 1985” can be seen on Amazon Prime Video and “Nada de Novo no Front” on Netflix. The others are still unreleased in Brazil.
The 2023 Academy Awards ceremony is scheduled for March 12 at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, USA.
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