Argentine cinema, one of the most respected in the Latin American region, has amazing support among Cuban viewers. In repeated editions, some films from that country have been selected to open the International Festival of New Latin American Cinema (it happened with The Secret in Their Eyes, the illustrious citizen, the odyssey of the giles) and this year the initiative is repeated with Argentina, 1985 by Santiago Mitre.
It is said that more than a million Argentines have gone through the cinemas since last September to see the film starring Ricardo Darín, who plays prosecutor Julio César Strassera.
The success of the film still generates controversy while the Hollywood Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is expected to decide whether to include it among the films candidates for the Oscar for Best Foreign Film in the 2023 edition.
Already seen by several Cubans thanks to the independent alternative of “El Paquete”, the film has caused an unexpected shock in countries like Chile and Brazil, where military dictatorships caused deaths, torture, disappearances and a trail of pain in society.
“I think that the maximum claim that the film could aspire to is for the young generations, the new blood, to recover the true meaning in terms such as value, courage, bravery, integrity, ethics, morality, solidarity. If this film could serve to reinforce those terms, I would really feel very happy”, said Ricardo Darín during the presentation of the feature film in Los Angeles, United States.
Other southern proposals
Maro’s secret is a film written and directed by Alejandro Magnone that tells the story of a 90-year-old cook and survivor of the Armenian genocide who, through the Embassy of that country in Buenos Aires, finds out a fact that will change her life.
The 86-minute drama finished filming in December 2019, was presented in the best theaters in Argentina and had its premiere at the Golden Apricot International Festival, which takes place every year in the city of Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. The protagonist, actress Norma Aleandro, recently won the Best Actress award at the 14th International Latino, Uruguayan and Brazilian Film Festival that took place at The Grand Hotel in Punta del Este from November 16 to 20. .
On the other hand, the director Néstor Mazzini presents when it gets dark, a production that is part of the “Self-deceit” trilogy, which began with 36 hours, qualified by some critics as a minimal story. With it, Mazzini won the Best Director award at the 37th Ibero-Latin American Film Festival in Trieste, Italy.
The documentary is about the unfortunate fire that occurred on February 5, 2014 in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Barracas. in the line of duty by Jorge Gaggero. The filmmaker built his material on the testimonies of the families of the twelve who died in the fire and, in parallel, unravels a dark political plot of money laundering in which some officials of former President Mauricio Macri were involved. Some media point out that, eight years after what happened, the material could help reopen investigations and clarify the facts.
Qualified as a black comedy and crazy the film lunatics It is also included in the selection of Argentine feature films in this 43rd edition of the Havana Film Festival. Directed by Martín Salinas, the co-production between Argentina, Mexico and Uruguay presents a scathing line of criticism from humor.
Sitting on the toilet and from the bathroom of the Oval Office of the White House, the president of the United States, named Adolf Hinder, begins to send messages announcing through his social networks that he is going to end Chinese trade.
The Argentine actress and comedian Verónica Llinás shines for her histrionics. The cast is also made up of Daniel Hendler, Luis Ziembrowski, Rafael Spregelburd, Gerardo Chendo, Julián Kartun and Marina Bellati.
