‘The Rescue’ Review: A Robust Argentinian Showcase for ‘Money Heist’ Star Rodrigo de la Serna
variety.comCatherine Bray In cinematic terms, regime change lends itself to a full stop or climax. It’s often used by filmmakers as a conclusion.
Revolution is typically portrayed as the final act that the struggle has been building toward, as the old ways are swept aside in favor of a new and presumably glorious future.
Stickier and typically more difficult to dramatize is the long, slow “what now?,” where a country begins the process of building new systems. “The Rescue,” from writer-director Daniela Goggi, is set during the 1980s, after the reintroduction of democracy to Argentina, following the collapse of the military junta which ruled the country with an iron first after the 1976 coup against Isabel Perón.
In “The Rescue,” the old regime has notionally been dispersed, but in practice, rooting out corruption and renewing a governance culture rife with human rights abuses is very much an ongoing work in progress.
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