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With: Ricardo Darín, Peter Lanzani, Alejandra Flechner, Santiago Armas, Laura Paredes, Carlos Portaluppi
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Written by: Mariano Llinás, Martín Mauregui, Santiago Mitre
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Directed by: Santiago Mitre
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MPAA Rating: R for language
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Language: Spanish, with English subtitles
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Running Time: 140
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Date: 10/21/2022
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Junta Bond
By Jeffrey M. Anderson
Nominated for a Best International Feature Academy Award, Santiago Mitre's Argentina, 1985 is really a familiar courtroom drama, with the pure-hearted underdogs fighting against the powerful and corrupt, but it tells an essential historical tale. From 1976 to 1983, Argentina was ruled by a cruel oligarchy, a military government, known as a junta. This era of persecution was finally ended by a democratic election, and then it was decided — incredibly — to bring the leaders to trial. This difficult job falls to prosecuting lawyer Julio César Strassera (well-known Argentinian actor Ricardo Darín, of The Secret in Their Eyes, etc.) and deputy prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo (Peter Lanzani). None of their colleagues will join their team, so they are forced to recruit fresh-faced law students to build a case over just a few months. Narratively, it unfolds about as one would expect, but spiritually, it contains a bold cry for justice that rings true.
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