ARGENTINA
X El santo de la espada (1970) – Argentine independence hero Jose de San Martin
X Güemes - la tierra en armas (1971) – wars of independence in Northern Argentina
X Felicitas (2009) -- Felicia Antonia Guadalupe Guerrero y Cueto (1846-1872) who was considered the most beautiful woman in the Republic of Argentina
X La revolución es un sueo eterno (translation: The Revolution is an Eternal Dream) (2008) – May Revolution in 1810 which brought about the first local government not designated by the Spanish Crown
Argentina:
X La Patagonia rebelde (The Patagonian Rebellion) (1974) -- in Patagonia farm workers try to get better conditions of work
FASCISM IN ANOTHER CORNER -- ARGENTINA
Camila (1984) -- was Argentina a fascist country from the very start? lovers severely punished
Juan Moreira (1973) -- an outlaw, gaucho (cowboy) and folk-hero, c. 1874
X La Guerra Gaucha (The Gaucho War) (1942) -- creoles led by Martín Miguel de Güemes protect the northwest provinces during the war of independence
X Asesinato en el senado de la nación (aka Murder in the Senate) (1984) – set in 1930s Argentina the story is about the assassination attempt on politician Lisandro de la Torre by Senate recruited and trained Ramón Valdez Cora
Miss Mary (1986) -- British governess sees the onslaught of a fascist government in Argentina
X La Patagonia rebelde (The Patagonian Rebellion) (1974) -- in Patagonia farm workers try to get better conditions of work
X Evita (1996) -- musical with actress/singer Madonna; Evita Peron of Argentina, wife of the fascist Juan Peron
X Eva Peron (1996) --
X Evita Peron (1981) --
Funny Dirty Little War (No habrá más penas ni olvido) (1983) -- Peronists vs. "Communists" in an Argentine village
El secreto de sus ojos (The Secret in Their Eyes) (2009) -- legal problems for pursuing justice in fascist Argentina
Hermanas (Sisters) (2005) -- remembrances of the excesses of the military dictatorship in Argentina brings sisters to fighting
X La Amiga (The Girl Friend) (1988) -- Argentine military dictatorship
Argentina:
X Días de mayo (Days of May) (2008) -- dictatorship
X Darse cuenta (Becoming Aware) (1984) – becoming aware of the horrible occurrences associated with the Argentine military dictatorship, 1976-1983
X Los dias de junio (June Days) (1985) –
X Tangos, el exilio de Gardel (Tangos, the Exile of Gardel) (1985) – Argentine ex-patriots in Paris
X Made in Argentina (1987) -- Argentine family pushed apart by politics reunites but they are still divided by politics
The Official Story (1985) -- continued political problems (the ones who disappeared) in modern Argentina
Lo que vendrá (Times to Come) (1988) -- increasing power of the police state, 1976-1983
X El Arreglo (The Arrangement) (1983) -- a police inspector uncovers murders by a Latin American government using torture
Los Pasos Perdidos (The Lost Steps) (2001) -- a grandfather tries to get back his granddaughter whose parents just "disappeared"
Cautiva (Captive) (2003) -- a young woman's search for her true identity brings her to a knowledge of terrible things that happened in Argentina under the military dictatorship backed the the United States
X La Noche de las Lapices (The Night of Pencils) (1986) -- 12 students, arrested in La Plata for advocating changes in bus fares, just disappear.
Garage Olimpo (1999) --
Imagining Argentina (2003) -- missing persons in Argentina
X Buenos Aires Vice Versa (1996) – one result of the Argentine military dictatorship was a group of youth with murdered relatives
X La Cara del Ángel (The Face of an Angel) (2006) – terrible effects of the military dictatorship’s murderous policies as seen by a small boy
Crónica de una fuga (Chronicle of an Escape) (2006) – four men narrowly escape death at the hands of a military death squad during the Argentina military dictatorship
Kamchatka (2002) – a family hiding from the government in rural Argentina
Apartment Zero (1988) -- the Argentine government hires foreign mercenaries to eliminate leftists
Mi mejor enemigo (My Best Enemy) (2005) -- the 1978 Beagle Conflict between Argentina and Chile over three islands south of Tierra del Fuego
La Deuda Interna (Veronico Cruz) -- poor Indian joins the Argentine navy and sees action in the Falklands War
X Los Chicos de la guerra (The Boys of War) (1985) -- four young soldiers in the 1982 Falklands War
Iluminados por el fuego (Blessed by Fire) (2005) -- Argentine anti-war film about the Falklands War
An Ungentlemanly Act (1992) -- British Royal Marines defend the Governor of the Falkland Islands
Bolivia (2001) -- Bolivian immigrant in Argentina finds big challenges
Esperando al mesías (Waiting for the Messiah ) (2000) -- Argentine middle-class hurt by the economic crisis as seen in the lives of average Argentines, including a Jewish family
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