Argentina 1985

2022 141 min ★ 7.8 Drama, History, Crime

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.

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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

Norman Briski

Ruso

Héctor Díaz

Basile

Details

Director

Santiago Mitre

Status

Released

Original Language

ES

Budget

$20,000,000

Revenue

$58,424,000

Production

La Unión de los Ríos, Kenya Films, Infinity Hill, Wanka Cine, Infinity Hill

Reviews

B

badelf

January 30, 2023

★ 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 s...

C

CinemaSerf

February 9, 2023

★ 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 an...