Ricardo Darín in Venice: “Hate is what it does not prescribe”

Y Argentina, 1985from Santiago Miterwhat a star Ricardo Darin Y Pietro Lanzani, kicked off the Venice Film Festival a few minutes ago. First there were the two screenings for the press and industry accreditants, which ended with applause and included laughter in the middle of the screening. The international audience understood everything and enjoyed it.

Then it was time for the press conference. And in the stands Argentina, 1985Not everyone has entered. In the center were the director, Santiago Miter, Ricardo Darín on his right, Peter Lanzani on his left, and Alejandra Flechner.

And also producers Victoria Alonso (yes, the executive chairman of Marvel Studios physical production, sitting next to Darín), Axel Kuschevatzky, Chino Darín, Federico Posternak and Agustina Llambí Campbell. And, sitting in the front row, Florencia Bas and Dolores Fonzi, partners of Darín and Miter.

The film, which competes for the Golden Lion, focuses on the trial of military juntas. Darín is the prosecutor Julio César Strassera, Lanzani composes Luis Moreno Ocampo and Flechner is Strassera’s wife. It will be released in theaters in Argentina on September 29, and Amazon will launch it on its streaming platform three weeks later. Tonight the gala at the Palazzo del Cinema.

“Hi,” says Darín, white jacket, green shirt. “Good boy!” they shout at him. And in the presentation of each of the members of the jury, they are all applause.

Santiago Miter began, answering a general question, that “The 1985 trial is a fundamental fact for Argentina, which inaugurates democracy and which, from the condemnation of violence, is a fact that cinema has had to tell. We are proud to be the first to have told it and to be able to present it to the world ”.

Victoria Alonso joined. “It happened right now, thanks to this wonderful group of people. Because living in a country, without democracy, without justice, that is not freedom.

Kuschevatzky added that “it is a film about something that happened, but it is about the fragility of democracy, and it is nothing more contemporary in the world we live in, the need for citizens’ commitment and justice to have individual freedoms” .

A reporter raised the subject of the attack on Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. Miter replied that “the truth is that it was strong and a big shock for us. We were on the plane that came here when the attack happened and we found out when we landed. It’s a horrible thing, we didn’t think it could happen. “

“If there is anything that we believed that the 85 trial had been resolved forever, it is violence as a means of resolving political conflicts. We firmly reject what happened. We believe that the Never Again charge of the sentence was forever,” and the violence continues to exist. The film takes on a vitality we didn’t think it would have. “

“It is a story that reflects what, in my opinion, was one of the most important trials in Argentina – suggested Darín – and served as an example for the rest of the world. Although it speaks of the recent past, it has connotations in our reality and in all parts of the world. The film looks ahead, to the new generations, to those who must be very clear, and through examples and not speeches, on the importance of recovering dignity, not giving up, with justice and truth “.

“One of the most important perspectives this film has is that projection into the future. It is true that in some sections, despite the obscurity of the film, these situations appear more relaxed, not comical. It was very cumbersome to put the team together. of the prosecution “.

“We must not forget that no one wanted to undertake this titanic task. The most prestigious people refused, they did not believe that the trial was done and there will be other explanations. Another feature is that the film is centered on humanity, and it is for this is what is committed. Looking to the future, for young people “.

Flechner recalled that “In my adolescence I experienced the civic-military dictatorship, my preparation for the character is tattooed in my life, in my body, in something that I have lived and that you don’t know what’s inside. I feel so proud to be in the film, because I feel it is necessary, the past illuminates the present and the present also illuminates the past. Today the trials against humanity continue, there are convictions ”.

praise

“I did not experience the dictatorship – Pietro Lanzani intercedes -, I was born later, but I understood something of humanity and that is what came to me most from the script, and I was able to empathize with what happened, which marked us so strongly in our country. He knew the facts and understood what he was saying. What I liked most about my character, Luis Moreno Ocampo, is that he found a way to lead the process, and I felt the same commitment when Santi called me to play the character. Being able to tell the film is a great honor “.

And he openly praised Darín, “for my generation he is an eminence, and first of all I discovered an impressive human being, and it was a great honor to do it with him and with Santiago”.

Darín wasn’t far behind and replied that “I can’t stop returning Peter’s praise. We had a good chemistry match between us. I knew him because he is a friend of my son, I saw his work, which I liked, and in the daily encounter we became very strong. And I think that to compose this duo of prosecutors, when one doesn’t want to, two can’t. Thanks to his contribution, I felt very at ease and I’m happy because the result showed me that we were not wrong ”.

“Art always saves”

Alonso spoke of the violence in Argentina. “At 19, it is not something that you do not forget what we live, how we live it, when one begins to think about what I will do with my life and art enters your life. Maybe it takes 37 years, but it comes, it’s part of our DNA, we can repress it, not wanting to see it, but that’s what we are. The violence we live in never disappears “.

“Death cannot be romanticized,” he said, “psychological violence is one thing, which we all experience, but death is a fact. The 30,000 disappeared, the 3 million exiles are facts, this is our flag, not only white and blue. And for this moment of fragility of universal democracy, this film has arrived, at the best moment “.

“We, who live it, know that violence leads nowhere, and as an inheritance to our children we can show them a chapter of our history. Art has responsibility. We did it in the best way, with changes here and there. there, but it was a genocide, with savage violence. Art always saves “.

And when asked how to repress anger, anger at what happened, Darín answered, as always, wisely. “Since anger is suppressed, I am not trained to respond in general, everyone does what they can with respect to anger, but it is important to review our own violence, internal violence, because we can inadvertently contribute to this generalized violence without realizing it. “

“If one has sensitivity, the first duty is to put oneself in the other’s shoes, even if we receive an attack. Because the snowball is difficult to stop. Hate is the only thing it does not prescribe.”