Synopsis
Inspired by the true story of prosecutor Julio Strassera, Luis Moreno Ocampo and their young legal team who dared to accuse, against the clock and under constant threat, the high commanders of Argentina’s bloody military dictatorship (1976-1983) in the Trial of the Juntas in the mid-1980s.
Credits
Argentina, 2022, 140 Min., Spanish with English subt.
Director: Santiago Mitre
Script: Santiago Mitre & Mariano Llinás
Producers: Victoria Alonso, Santiago Carabante, Chino Darín, Ricardo Darín, Axel Kuschevasky, Agustina Llambi-Campbell, Santiago Mitre, Federico Posternak
Production Comp.: La Unión de los Ríos, Kenya Films, Infinity Hill, Amazon Studios
Direction of Photography: Javier Juliá
Editor: Andrés Pepe Estrada
Art Direction: Micaela Saiegh
Sound Designer: Santiago Fumagalli (ASA)
Music: Pedro Osuna
Special Effects: Leandro Pugliese
Cast: Ricardo Darín, Peter Lanzani, Alejandra Flechner, Carlos Portaluppi, Norman Briski, Héctor Díaz, Alejo García Pintos, Claudio Da Passano, Gina Mastronicola, Walter Jakob, Laura Paredes, Gabriel Fernández
Festivals and Awards
. Oscars: Best International Feature Film (Nominated)
. Golden Globes: Best Foreign Language Film
. Venice International Film Festival: FIPRESCI Award
. San Sebastián International Film Festival: Audience Award
. Goya Awards: Best Ibero-American Film
. National Board of Review: Freedom of Expression Award & Top 5 Foreign Language Films
. Platino Awards: Best Ibero-American Film, Best Actor (Ricardo Darín), Best Screenplay, Best Art Direction, Film & Education Values
. Saint-Jordi Awards: Best Foreign Film
. Satellite Awards: Best Motion Picture – Internacional
. Silver Condor Awards: Best Fiction Film, BA Visual Audience Award, Best Director, Best Actor (Ricardo Darín), Best Supporting Actress (Laura Paredes), Best Supporting Actor (Norman Brisky), Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Casting, Best Sound Design, Best Costume Design, Best Art Direction, Best Make-Up and Hair Styling
. Forqué Awards: Best Latin-American Film