Argentina 1985

2022 2h 21m ES

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7.8

BANGER

★7.8TMDB · 782

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Synopsis

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In the 1980s, a team of lawyers takes on the heads of Argentina's bloody military dictatorship in a battle against odds and a race against time.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Ricardo Darín
Julio Strassera
Peter Lanzani
Luis Moreno Ocampo
Alejandra Flechner
Silvia
Paula Ransenberg
Susana
Carlos Portaluppi
Juez
Antonia Bengoechea
Maria Eugenia
Laura Paredes
Adriana Calvo de Laborde
Brian Sichel
Federico Corrales

Credits

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Director: Santiago Mitre
Writers: Mariano Llinás, Santiago Mitre
Languages: Spanish
Countries: Argentina, United Kingdom

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ERA

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Released 4 years ago.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Argentina, United Kingdom.

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3 / 8

CAST

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310+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Santiago Mitre, shot by Javier Julia. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Pedro Osuna. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Andrés Pepe Estrada shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Ricardo Darín and Peter Lanzani and Alejandra Flechner carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt15301048 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Santiago Mitre directs. Javier Julia behind the camera. Pedro Osuna scores. Andrés Pepe Estrada cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in Argentina, United Kingdom. Dialogue in Spanish.

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1Released 4 years ago.
2International production across 2 countries: Argentina, United Kingdom.
3310+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
4Directed by Santiago Mitre, shot by Javier Julia. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Pedro Osuna. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Andrés Pepe Estrada shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Ricardo Darín and Peter Lanzani and Alejandra Flechner carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt15301048 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Javier Julia
Original score: Pedro Osuna
Editing: Andrés Pepe Estrada
Costume design: Mónica Toschi
Makeup / hair: Dino Balanzino
VFX supervisor: Javier Bravo
Sound: Tony Villaflor
Stunt coordinator: Ariel Arredondondo
Runtime: 141 min · 2h 21m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $20,000,000
Box office: $58,424,000
Return: 292% of budget
Original language: ES
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Argentina 1985 (2022)

Awards

Platino Award for Best Screenplay
Platino Award for Best Ibero-American Film
FIPRESCI Prize at Festival of Venice
Forqué Awards
National Board of Review: Top Five International Films
Goya Award for Best Ibero-American Film
Golden Globe Award for Best Non-English Language Film
NBR Freedom of Expression
Platino Award for Best Art Direction

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badelf2023-01-30
★ 10/10
This movie rates a 10/10 AND a 10/10 - a 20, right? The first rating is for the superior direction, the phenomenal acting jobs by every member of the cast, and a DP that served the narrative in every shot. The second rating is for a STORY that is vital to tell and re-tell. All it takes is a lapse in attention to allow maniacal, authoritarian to commit heinous crimes against humanity. History has shown us this many times, and yet we forget that we must always be on guard. It is often a downhill slide into allowing some kind of Hitler/Pinochet/Putin to topple democracy, truth and decency. Trump came close. It starts innocently enough: Apple, and therefore it's purchasers and stockholders, support repression in China - a country that has it's own list of desaparacidos.)
CinemaSerf2023-02-09
★ 7/10
Ricardo Darín is on very good form here as the wily and determined Argentinian state prosecutor Julio Strassera who is charged with leading the investigation into the activities of many of the most senior members of the military junta that lead post-Perón Argentina. Murder, rape, torture are just the tip of the criminal iceberg as he tries to assemble witnesses that have the courage to stand up and be heard in the face of intimidation and threats. Meantime, Strassner and his deputy Ocampo (Peter Lanzani) and their own families face intimidation as their case starts to gather steam, publicity and begins to illustrate to all watching just how brutal this regime actually was. The courtroom setting for a drama isn't always effective, but here Santiago Mitre uses it really well to help focus the attention on some poignant performances from the victims but to also demonstrate the power and symbolism of a State that had so recently been used as a tool of persecution for so many, yet now was a symbol of hope and progress. Darín and Lanzani work well together, the former offering a mixed performance of earnest and dedicated whilst still offering a degree of curmudgeonly humour to just, occasionally, lighten the mood a little to allow the audience to come up for air. As a Brit, it was also interesting to see so many of the figures prominent during the Falklands War appear in the dock - bedecked in their medalled finery. It gave the whole thing an added degree of authenticity that resonated a little beyond the borders of Argentina too. It's not compete - there are loose ends, but somehow that adds to the reality of reconciling in such a complex scenario where even justice has to be tempered with a degree of political realism. Very much worth a watch if you are interested in a tale of the worm that bravely and stoically turns.