And
Argentina, 1985
made history, and was selected as one of the five candidate films in the category of best international film, as the one that was previously called the Oscar for best foreign language film has been called since 2020.
The film by
Santiago Mitre
, with
Ricardo Darín
and Peter Lanzani as prosecutors Julio César Strassera and Luis Moreno Ocampo, who carried out the trial of the military juntas, became the eighth Argentine production to be a candidate in the category.
Our country won the award twice, on March 24, 1986, when it won
La historia oficial
, by Luis Puenzo, and in 2010 it was
El secreto de sus ojos
, by Juan José Campanella.
The other films that reached the nomination, but did not win the golden statuette, which is 34 centimeters high and weighs 3.85 kilograms, were
La trugua
, by Sergio Renán, in the 1975 edition;
Camila
, by María Luisa Bemberg, in 1985;
Tango
, by the Spanish Carlos Saura, in 1999;
The Bride's Son
, by Juan José Campanella, in 2002;
and
Wild Tales
, by Damián Szifron, in 2015.
The other candidates
Next, what are the four films with which Argentina, 1985 will compete for the most important award in the film industry.
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