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Argentina goes for another world title with Oscar-nominated dictatorship drama

09-03-2023 13:47 "Argentina, 1985", the record-breaking feature detailing some of the darkest years in the country's recent history, is up for Best International Film at the Oscars on Sunday.

Moreno Ocampo: Oscar hopeful 'Argentina, 1985' offers lessons on democracy

09-03-2023 09:03 Luis Moreno Ocampo was just 32 years old and had no trial experience when he was summoned to prosecute the leaders of the military junta as the brutal 1976-1985 dictatorship came to an end – a story retold in Oscar-nominated film 'Argentina, 1985.'

‘Argentina, 1985’ wins Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film

11-01-2023 09:26 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, boosting the movie’s hopes of winning a coveted Oscar in March.

Santiago Mitre: ‘I’m convinced of fiction’s capacity to transmit reality’

08-09-2022 10:07 Film director and screenwriter Santiago Mitre, 41, premiered his new film, 'Argentina, 1985,' at the Venice Festival last weekend, a feature which is a leading contender for the prestigious Golden Lion prize. This is the first time that the director has turned reality into a film and he chose as his subject a milestone for Argentina’s contemporary democracy – the trial of the military juntas of the dictatorship, with Ricardo Darín and Peter Lanzani in the key roles of the prosecutors Julio César Strassera and Luis Moreno Ocampo.

by Agustino Fontevecchia