For Argentina’s Santiago Mitre, his courtroom drama “Argentina 1985,” a Golden Lion contender at the 79th Venice Film Festival, is an examination of the machinations of power from within, as were h…
, is an examination of the machinations of power from within, as were his past four features. But unlike those films, “Argentina 1985” is based on a real event, the trial of Argentina’s military leaders who ruled with brutal impunity until democracy was finally restored in 1983.
Structured like a thriller but with some touches of wry humor, “Argentina 1985” is based on the story of lead prosecutors Julio Strassera and Luis Moreno Ocampo, and their young legal team as they raced against time to gather enough evidence and witnesses before the trial date, fending off death threats before and during the trial. Car bombs were set off in the military’s attempts to intimidate them.
“It started as a conversation between us some four years ago. We had been asking ourselves what in Argentina’s history had not been told yet,” says lead producer Axel Kuschevatzky of Infinity Hill, who has known Mitre since he produced the director’s debut feature, “Paulina.” Working with his regular writing partner Mariano Llinás, Mitre dove deep into research, interviewing witnesses, trial participants, digging into archives and visiting some sites, a two-year process. “We wanted a meticulous and truthful reconstruction of the events, although we took creative license with some details,” he recalls. As luck would have it, they were able to film in the actual courtroom, which had remained intact.
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