Cinema
The Lost Republic
La República perdida
Miguel Pérez · 1983
Synopsis
A documentary on Argentine history from 1930 to 1976, narrated by the actor Aldo Barbero. Luis Gregorich, who wrote its text, recalls in La Nación that it retraced the country's last half-century. The programme of the Buenos Aires independent film festival sees in it a plea for unity, non-violence and the defence of democratic institutions.
Context
Released on 1 September 1983 in the capital, shortly before the return of democracy, the film drew more than a million viewers, according to Luis Gregorich, its screenwriter, who judges its narrative schematic. It runs for one hundred and forty-six minutes. A second part, devoted to the dictatorship, followed in 1986 and was screened at Berkeley in 1988. It is regarded as influential on the country's popular history, and it was shown again in 2013 by a Buenos Aires festival.
Who it is for
A historical documentary in Spanish of nearly two and a half hours, useful to anyone who wants to understand twentieth-century Argentina.
Prizes and reception
More than a million viewers on its release, on the eve of the elections that returned power to civilians.
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