PREVIEW: Argentina, 1985 (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Ricardo Darín (The Secret in Their Eyes), Peter Lanzani (The Clan), Alejandra Flechner (Sammy and Me), Carlos Portaluppi (Whisky Romeo Zulu), Norman Briski (5.5.5), Héctor Díaz (The Flower), Alejo García Pintos (Ashes of Paradise), Claudio Da Passano (Peanuts One Dollar)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Santiago Mitre (Paulina), director, writer, producer; Mariano Llinás (Extraordinary Stories), writer; Victoria Alonso (Sordid Lives), Santiago Carabante (Le Blu), Chino Darín (An Unexpected Love), Ricardo Darín (Heroic Losers), Axel Kuschevatzky (The Reconstruction), Agustina Llambi-Campbell (The Student) and Federico Posternak (An Unexpected Love), producers; Pedro Osuna (The Legend Hunters), composer; Javier Julia (Wild Tales), cinematographer; Andrés P. Estrada (Rabbit Women), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In mid-80s Argentina, public prosecutor Julio Strassera (Darín), young lawyer Luis Morena Ocampo (Lanzani) and their inexperienced legal team enter a tense battle against the country’s brutal military dictatorship when they decide to prosecute some of its head figures…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

The true story of a group of lawyers who took on a ruthless dictatorship is recreated in this tense legal thriller that is riveting to watch for anyone interested in modern Argentinian history.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 21ST OCTOBER 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON AMAZON PRIME VIDEO

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