Our Disappeared
2008 film
Our Disappeared / Nuestros Desaparecidos is an Argentinian documentary film about the desaparecidos (the "disappeared ones") in Argentina. Written, produced and directed by Juan Mandelbaum. It is in English and Spanish with English subtitles. Another version of the film exists in Spanish and English with Spanish subtitles. Its running time is 1 hour and 39 minutes.
Synopsis
Our Disappeared / Nuestros Desaparecidos is director Juan Mandelbaum’s personal search for friends and loved ones who were caught in the vise of the military and “disappeared” in his native Argentina during the 1976–1983 military dictatorship. The film is a personal journey into the past to reflect on the political and personal contexts that led so many young people to fight for a more just Argentina.
After finding out that Patricia, a long lost girlfriend, is among the “desaparecidos” Mandelbaum returns to Argentina to find out what happened to her and others he knew who also disappeared. As he revisits the dreams they shared for a revolution that would transform Argentina he grieves the tragic losses and examines his own choices: not signing up with any of the radical groups at his university and leaving Argentina in 1977 at the height of the repression, to escape the pervasive climate of fear. Using extraordinary archival footage, Mandelbaum brings the energy and tension of the time and place to life.
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