Movies and TvShows featuring "argentinian-politics" theme.

Behind Vatican walls, the conservative Pope Benedict XVI and the liberal future Pope Francis must find common ground to forge a new path for the Catholic Church. In Buenos Aires, Argentina, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio is informed of Pope John Paul II's passing. The cardinals gather in Vatican City to elect a new Pope, with the votes split between Bergoglio, Joseph Ratzinger, and another cardinal named Martini. Bergoglio returns to Argentina with plans to retire, while Ratzinger becomes Pope Benedict. Ratzinger's tenure is marked by controversy, and in 2012, Bergoglio returns to the Vatican and requests permission to retire. Ratzinger grills him on his liberal views, and Bergoglio explains the Church's failure to address inequality and injustice. As Ratzinger considers retirement, Bergoglio implores him to stay and heal the Church's wounds. Bergoglio eventually becomes Pope Francis and strives to make a difference in the world.

In 1985, a team of lawyers led by public prosecutor Julio Strassera fights against the odds and races against time to bring the heads of Argentina's bloody military dictatorship to justice. With a democratic government newly established, this trial is a battle to expose the crimes committed by the military junta. The lawyers face death threats, assemble a team with limited resources, and gather evidence to prove that the commanders were involved in systematic torture and kidnappings. Through their efforts, they seek to show that the atrocities were coordinated from the top. The trial proceeds despite bomb threats and witnesses being intimidated. Testimonies from victims of the junta shed light on the horrors they endured, including one woman who gave birth while under military custody. Julio and his team strive to protect the witnesses and present an eloquent closing argument that resonates with the judges and the world. Ultimately, the court sentences some of the commanders to imprisonment, marking the first time a military dictatorship is tried in a civilian court.

Evita is a musical film that tells the story of the rise to power of Argentine political leader Eva Perón. Set in the 1940s and 1950s in Buenos Aires, the film portrays Eva's journey from a lower-class background to becoming the First Lady of Argentina. It explores her relationship with her husband, Juan Perón, and her involvement in politics and charitable work. Evita showcases the struggles and triumphs of a woman who became an icon in Argentine history.

When a journalist and a politician become trapped in a remote Andean hotel during a political summit, they discover a web of corruption and blackmail that threatens their lives and the future of their countries.

Historical film that focuses on political and social events took place in Argentina during the beginning of the 30s. Santafecino Deputy Lisandro de la Torre complaint in Congress Argentine meat business with England.

Osvaldo and Mabel, an Argentine couple exiled for political reasons in the United States, travel to their country of origin after ten years to reconnect with their family and friends, including Mabel's brother and his wife. Mabel offers her brother the possibility of working in New York in order to improve their economic situation, but his wife is opposed to that idea.

El senor Galindez is a Spanish movie starring Antonio Banderas

Based on a true story, the film narrates the life of a fictitious Peronist union leader who, after years of militancy, gains power in the union during the 1960s and gradually becomes a corrupt bureaucrat.

In this suspense story, the main character, Johann Neudorff, immigrated to Argentina from Germany after World War Two, and has become a successful businessman there. He is unconcerned with the nature of the government there, which at the time of this film (1978) is a military dictatorship. His comfortable existence is disrupted when he discovers that his beloved daughter Laura has become the lover of a political activist who is on the military's hit list. When his daughter is kidnapped, Johann attempts to use his government connections to free both her and her lover. However, his son Alfredo undermines his efforts, and Johann himself is incarcerated in a military prison, but not before he discovers that his daughter and her lover are both dead, killed by the regime.

The story of Mariela Munoz, born Leonardo in the Argentina of 1943, who will fight for her rights as a male-to-female transgender and above all for her 17 adopted children.

Death Squads: The French School (2003) is a documentary that delves into the history of political repression, state terrorism, and military training in Latin America during the Cold War era. It focuses on the formation and actions of death squads, the French military's role in training Latin American military personnel, and the severe human rights abuses that occurred during this period. The film explores topics such as decolonization, coup d'état, police brutality, and the suppression of political dissent. Through interviews, archival footage, and expert analysis, Death Squads: The French School paints a grim portrait of the institutional brutality and cruelty that characterized this dark period in Latin American history.