Cinegogía

Ni héroe ni traidor

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Title / Título (Original)

Ni héroe ni traidor

Title

Neither Hero Nor Traitor

Release Date / Fecha de estreno

2018

Film Guide / Guía de película

Language / Idioma

Spanish / español

Country / País

Production Company / Compañía de Producción

Ñapango Producciones (Argentina)

Description / Descripción

Buenos Aires, 1982. Matías acaba de terminar el servicio militar y sueña con irse a estudiar música a España. Sus problemas se reducen a convencer a su novia de que se le una más adelante y lidiar con la oposición de su padre. Pero el tablero cambia completamente cuando se declara la guerra de las Malvinas y es convocado junto a sus amigos. Al principio Matías estará de acuerdo con acudir al llamado, pero poco a poco se irá dando cuenta de que no siente propia ni sincera esa guerra –o quizás ninguna otra– por más justa que le parezca su causa. (Cine Nacional Argentino)

Buenos Aires, 1982. Matías (19) has recently finished his military service and dreams of going to Spain to study music far from a dictatorship. His problems come down to convincing his girlfriend to meet him there at a later date and to get around his father’s opposition. But the playing board changes completely when the Falklands War breaks out and he is drafted along with his friends. At first, Matías will agree to the call-up, but he will realize that he isn’t feeling this war – or maybe any war, to be honest, no matter how just the cause may seem to be. The fear to die but also the horror of killing, a Republican grandfather, friends turned strangers who point guns at each other, a shot in the foot as an act of friendship… his environment demands that he ‘mature.’ Will desertion be his first adult act? Treason and loyalty, fear, and braveness. The story of a deserter. (Pragda)

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Citation

“Ni héroe ni traidor,” Cinegogía, accessed April 26, 2024, https://cinegogia.omeka.net/items/show/816.