Argentina, 1985 by Santiago Mitre will represent the South American country in the international competition at the 95th Academy Awards. The historic political drama recently had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival and played last week at the San Sebastian Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award. The film is opening in U.S. theaters this Friday, September 30, before its streaming release on Amazon Prime.
Starring Ricardo Darín and Peter Lanzani, Argentina, 1985 is inspired by the true story of Julio Strassera, Luis Moreno Ocampo and their young legal team of unlikely heroes in their David-vs-Goliath battle in which, under constant threat, they dared to prosecute Argentina’s bloodiest military dictatorship against all odds and in a race against time to bring justice to the victims of the Military Junta.
Argentina is the only Latin American country to have won twice the Oscar for Best International Feature (previously known as Best Foreign-Language Film): in 1985 with Luis Puenzo’s The Official Story / La historia oficial and in 2009 with Juan José Campanella’s The Secret in Their Eyes / El secreto de sus ojos. In total, the South American country has nabbed seven nominations, more recently for Damian Szafrón’s Wild Tales / Relatos salvajes in 2014.
