Many victims of the junta testify about torture they endured or witnessed.
#STARCROSSED 1985 ROTTEN TOMOATOES TRIAL#
The trial is recorded on cameras and parts of it are broadcast around the world.
On the first day of the trial, the court receives a bomb threat, but Strassera convinces the judges that the trial must proceed. Moreno Ocampo's family turn on him for going against their military history. Meanwhile, he and his team face risks to their safety.
Because the atrocities were committed across the country, Strassera and his team seek victims and record their testimonies. Strassera and Moreno Ocampo interview and assemble a team, many of whom work in government offices and can use their access to materials to help the case. Moreno Ocampo, a professor, suggests that they look for young law graduates and inexperienced lawyers, as senior lawyers are unwilling to risk their reputations or safety to sign on to a trial that is so divisive amongst the public. Strassera receives several death threats, and is assigned a security detail.įinding no other lawyers, Strassera accepts Moreno Ocampo's help. Strassera meets Luis Moreno Ocampo, his assigned deputy prosecutor, but initially rejects his offer for help due to Ocampo's military family background. The junta have retained the services of senior, experienced lawyers, while Strassera struggles to find lawyers to form his prosecution team. Public prosecutor Julio César Strassera is chosen to make the government's case against the military junta for alleged crimes against humanity after the military courts declined to press charges. In 1985, Argentina has had a democratic government for less than two years after its last military dictatorship ended. It was also named one of the top five international films of 2022 by the National Board of Review, and received an Academy Award nomination for Best International Feature Film. It received critical acclaim, and won, among others, the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film, the Goya Award for Best Ibero-American Film and the National Board of Review Freedom of Expression Award.
Theatrically released in Argentina on 29 September 2022, and in the United Kingdom and United States on 21 October 2022, it was a commercial success, debuting at number one at the Argentine box office and becoming the most-watched Argentine film of 2022. The film follows the Trial of the Juntas, the 1985 trial of members of the military government that ruled Argentina under the dictatorship of the Proceso de Reorganización Nacional, during which the torture, extrajudicial murder and forced disappearances of civilians was a systematic occurrence it focuses on the perspective of the prosecution team led by Julio César Strassera and Luis Moreno Ocampo, including their investigation prior to the trial.Ĭo-produced by Argentina, the United Kingdom and the United States, Argentina, 1985 premiered in the main competition at the 79th Venice International Film Festival on 3 September 2022, where it won the FIPRESCI Award from the International Federation of Film Critics. Written by Mitre and Mariano Llinás, it stars Ricardo Darín, Peter Lanzani, Alejandra Flechner and Norman Briski. Argentina, 1985 is a 2022 Argentine historical legal drama film produced and directed by Santiago Mitre.
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