Argentina, 1985

2023 - 1 - 11

Post cover — Image courtesy of "AUGUSTMAN"

'Argentina, 1985': Everything To Know About The Film That Beat ... (AUGUSTMAN)

RRR lost to Argentina, 1985 in the Best Non-English Film category. Here is everything you need to do about the Argentine film.

The film is also a dramatic retelling of the Trails of the Junta that took place in 1985 and sought accountability for the horrific crimes of the brutal civil-military dictatorship that plagued the country from 1976 to 1983. With RRR not even qualifying to be India’s selection, the stars seem to be aligning for Argentina, 1985. The studio describes the film as a “David-vs-Goliath battle”. Today was a great day for the Indian film industry as RRR became a Golden Globe winner. Well, it’s time to brush up on your movie trivia as we tell you everything you need to know about Argentina, 1985, the film that defeated RRR. In this historical drama, Mitre sheds light on the possible toppling of the military junta that ruled Argentina from 1976 to 1983.

'Argentina, 1985' wins Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film (Buenos Aires Times)

Santiago Mitre's hit film, which has dominated local cinemas and drawn in viewers to Amazon Prime, chosen as best non-English language film at Golden Globes ...

The trial is considered a triumphant moment in Argentina’s recent history and the glory for the court system contrasts with the current perception of the local justice system. The acclamation for Argentina, 1985 ramps up the buzz surrounding the film. According to Pablo Llonto, a lawyer and plaintiff in the trials probing crimes against humanity, the film "is positive because it helps to build a bridge of memory with the younger generations and portrays a trial that told, for the first time, the heart of the horror with names and surnames.”

Golden Globes Surprise Win Puts 'Argentina, 1985' in Oscar Sights (Hollywood Reporter)

There are strong parallels between Santiago Mitre's historic legal drama and 2010 Argentine Oscar winner 'The Secret in Their Eyes.'

Argentina, 1985 is much more clearly making a political statement about the importance of the rule of law in establishing and maintaining democracy. 6 Capitol attacks, and the more recent storming of the national capital in Brazil, might give Argentina, 1985 the edge with Oscar voters. The story is told in the form of a procedural thriller — Campanella cut his teeth on U.S. The movie traces the true story of Julio Strassera (Darín) and Luis Moreno Ocampo, the public prosecutors who, after Argentina’s democracy was restored in 1983, put Argentina’s military on trial for its actions during the dictatorship, which included using death squads to hunt down perceived opponents. Darín plays the lawyer Benjamin Esposito in a double role: as the idealistic young prosecutor at the start of his career, and as the cynical, world-weary man looking back over his life, trying to figure out what went wrong. But, following the Globes win, Mitre’s movie is clearly Argentina’s best chance in a decade of seizing Oscar glory. Argentina, 1985 actually has a lot in common with 2010’s best international feature winner Secret in Their Eyes, to date the only Argentine film to win cinema’s top honor. Thousands of people were killed or “disappeared.” House Select Committee hearings on the Jan. Both are legal dramas that examine the legacy of Argentina’s military dictatorship of the 1970s and early 1980s. Secret in Their Eyes invents a tale of public prosecutors who spend 25 years tracking down a murder and rapist who goes free after being recruited by Argentina’s secret police to carry out their “dirty war” against political dissidents during the dictatorship. One of the most surprising upsets of the

Golden Globes Award Feature Drama “Argentina, 1985” About the ... (Democracy Now!)

Jerrod Carmichael: “The Hollywood Foreign Press Association — which I won't say they were a racist organization, but they didn't have a single Black member ...

The film is based in part on the story of Luis Moreno Ocampo, who prosecuted the Argentine generals and later became the first prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. I will protect it.’ And that’s why the film, Santiago Mitre’s film, is so important, because 40 years later the new generations, the yankees, are learning about this through the movie. The film is about Argentina’s Trial of the Juntas, the civilian court that prosecuted Argentina’s former military leaders for brutal crimes committed during the U.S.-backed right-wing military dictatorship from 1976 to 1983.

'Argentina, 1985' wins Golden Globe for Best Picture in Non-English ... (Buenos Aires Herald)

The film, starring Ricardo Darin and Peter Lanzani as the prosecution team behind Argentina's Trial of the Juntas, is the country's first Golden Globe winner. “ ...