‘Argentina, 1985’ Tells Real-Life Superhero Story Through A Historic Lens – Contenders Film: The Nominees
deadline.comThe Oscar-nominated Argentina, 1985 shines a light on everyday people doing extraordinary things — real-life superheroes not unlike the fictional tales told by Marvel to much fanfare.
The film’s protagonists are based on real-life people led by prosecutors Julio César Strassera and Luis Moreno Ocampo who took on an unwinable case against Argentina’s military junta for crimes against humanity and put on a fight that inspired a nation.
Ricardo Darín, who portrays Strassera in Amazon Studios’ historical drama from filmmaker Santiago Mitre, credits the crafting of a perfectly written script and layers upon layers of research for the film’s success. “When an actor is lucky enough as I was to receive a script and a character that was so specifically designed, it made my job much easier,” Darín, described as a combination of Jimmy Stewart and Lionel Messi by producer Axel Kuschevatzky, tells Deadline during its Contenders Film: The Nominees panel. “The map and the route I had to take was perfectly designed by Santiago, even beyond the script, everything about the character and the story was clear.
The duality of Julio César Strassera is contextualized by the moment he was living in and what the country was experiencing.
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