The captain of the Argentine National Team, Lionel Messi, shared his support for the film “Argentina, 1985” through his social networks with a view to the possibility of winning the third Oscar in the country’s history.
“What a great movie ‘Argentina, 1985’ with Ricardo Darín and nominated for an Oscar. Let’s go for the third!”, Shared the soccer player who last Sunday gave victory to Paris Saint Germain at the last minute along with an image from the film.
The message of the best player in Qatar 2022 refers to the conquest of the third World Cup and the possibility of winning the highest award in cinema again. In Argentina, 1985, Ricardo Darín plays the prosecutor Julio César Strassera and addresses the historic Trial of the Juntas, in which five of the repressors of the dictatorship that occurred between 1976 and 1983, the bloodiest in the country’s history, were convicted. .
The film is nominated to win the Best Foreign Film award at the Oscars and will compete against Germany’s “All quiet in the western front”; “Close”, from Belgium; “EO” for Poland; and “The quiet girl”, from Ireland.
So far, the only films that have been honored have been La historia oficial, by Luis Puenzo, in 1986, and El secreto de sus ojos, by Juan José Campanella, in 2010. The award ceremony will take place on March 12 at the Dolby Theatre, in Hollywood.
