The screening on 1 June will be followed by a Zoom Q&A with director Juan José Campanella.
A retired legal counselor Benjamin Esposito (Ricardo Darìn) writes a novel about an old case 25 years after the fact - an unresolved homicide/rape which occurred in 1974 and still haunts him decades later.
This highly polished and tense thriller is both an engrossing murder mystery and an examination of historical memory. The film revisits the corruption and chaos of the period that ushered in the dictatorship, as well as its fallout, as well as the way in which we process and remember things. Set between 1975 and 1999, it spans from the Peron years through the transition into the military dictatorship to turn of the century Argentina, linking the personal trauma of the characters with the wider political trauma of the country.
The film, which won the Oscar for best foreign feature and proved a commercial hit, was also notable for Félix Monti’s dramatic cinematography, especially a famous five-minute sweeping sequence, seamlessly made to look single-shot over a football stadium.
