Ricardo Darín plays Julio Strassera, the prosecutor of the most relevant trial in the country’s democratic history.
Santiago Miter (‘La Cordillera’) brings together the entire cast of Argentine cinema to make a heartfelt exercise of consecration to historical memory: ‘Argentina, 1985’ serves as a tribute to the efforts made by Julio Strassera (Ricardo Darín) and Luis Moreno Ocampo (Peter Lanzani) to sentence those responsible for the greatest genocide in the country’s history, ordered by the Military Government of the dictatorship . Mitre’s film moves forward first with the energy of the prosecutor’s young team’s race against the clock, meticulously underpinned by a vibrant montage and a graceful script.
However, it will soon get stuck under the formula of trial cinema and the seriousness of the witnesses in the gallery, armed with the full intention of underlining the pain until it is exhausted. Miter activates all the levers of exciting cinema, including a tearful monologue by the great Laura Paredes, so that the horror is unmistakable. In times of oblivion and retrogression, perhaps we need all the hype and cymbal to dispel doubts about truths that are still denied us today.
For those who want to cry a lot (and then do something about it)
DATA SHEET
Address: Santiago Miter Distribution: Ricardo Darin, Peter Lanzani, Alejandra Flechenr, Santiago Armas, Laura Paredes Country: Argentina, USA Year: 2022 Release date: 30–09-2022 Gender: Drama Script: Santiago Mitre, Mariano Llinas Duration: 140 minutes
Synopsis: Argentina, 1985 is inspired by the true story of Julio Strassera, Luis Moreno Ocampo and their young legal team who dared to accuse, against all odds, against the clock and under constant threat, the bloodiest Argentine military dictatorship. A battle of David against Goliath, with the least expected heroes.
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