Los chicos de la guerra

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Luis Agustoni, Héctor Alterio, Emilio Bardi, Gustavo Belatti, Alfonso De Grazia, Marta González, Juan Leyrado, Chany Mallo, Emilia Mazer, Boy Olmi, Eduardo Pavlovsky, Leandro Regúnaga, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Tina Serrano, María Socas, Miguel Ángel Solá, Elvira Vicario, and Juan Carlos Baglietto in Los chicos de la guerra (1984)

Based on the lives of four boys, all of different social classes and psychological makeup, this film tries to reflect through them the political history of Argentina during the years leading... Read allBased on the lives of four boys, all of different social classes and psychological makeup, this film tries to reflect through them the political history of Argentina during the years leading up to the Falklands War.Based on the lives of four boys, all of different social classes and psychological makeup, this film tries to reflect through them the political history of Argentina during the years leading up to the Falklands War.

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- 2 wins & 1 nomination total

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Still worth watching after 23 years

I saw this film when it first came out in 1984, only two years after the Falklands War. Twenty-three years later it's still worth watching - the effect of war on three young conscripts carrying the expectations of their parents and their country into a battle for which they are completely unprepared is very moving.

This was the first film made in Argentina about the Falklands War, and I suppose it was one of the first films made after the return of Argentina to democracy. Although little is spelled out, it is evident that the real conflict is not between the Argentines and the British - who are hardly visible - but between the ordinary population of Argentina and the regime which sent young men to the Falklands with no supplies and no visible leadership.