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Danube

2021 · 63 min Documentary History
4.6 / 10 · TMDB

Argentina, 1968. In the midst of the Cold War, the dictatorship of Juan Carlos Onganía (1966-70) organizes the 9th Mar del Plata Film Festival in order to show the world its friendly face, while exercising censorship and repressing dissidence.

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Original Title Danubio
Year 2021
Country Argentina
Genre Documentary, History
Director Agustina Pérez Rial
Runtime 63 min.
Rating TMDB: 4.6/10 (5 votes)

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The film constructs its narrative by contrasting the official, polished record of the festival with the hidden mechanisms of the dictatorship. It explores how art becomes a battleground for imagery, where the screening of foreign films coexists with domestic censorship.

What lingers after viewing is a sense of profound duality and unease, a reminder of how easily spectacle can mask oppression. The archive footage speaks volumes about the performative nature of power. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Agustina Pérez Rial

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