In the 1980s, a team of lawyers takes on the heads of Argentina's bloody military dictatorship in a battle against odds and a race against time.
Acting
Ricardo Darín's trembling hands say everything his speeches don't.
Direction
Mitre makes bureaucracy feel like a heist film's final act.
Writing
The real trial transcripts hit harder than any Hollywood monologue.
Director
Santiago Mitre
Ricardo Darín
Julio Strassera
Peter Lanzani
Luis Moreno Ocampo
Alejandra Flechner
Silvia
Paula Ransenberg
Susana
Carlos Portaluppi
Juez
Antonia Bengoechea
Maria Eugenia
Laura Paredes
Adriana Calvo de Laborde
Brian Sichel
Federico Corrales
Norman Briski
Ruso
Héctor Díaz
Basile
Alejo Garcia Pintos
Juez
Gina Mastronicola
Véronica
Francisco Bertín
Novio Véronica
Santiago Armas Estevarena
Javier
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Julio Strassera died in 2015; his son makes a cameo as a court employee you can spot during the crowd scenes.
This was Argentina's first Best International Feature nominee since 'The Official Story' (1985)—the same year the trial happened. Hollywood finally caught up to what Argentinians never forgot.
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