Ricardo Darín

Argentina, 1985 (Santiago Mitre and Ricardo Darín).

Exclusive interview backstage with Ricardo Darín and Santiago Mitre (Argentina, 1985) after receiving their awards. .

The 1985 “Trial of the Juntas” against the bloody military dictatorship in Argentina in the ’70s and ’80s that paved the way to democracy after years of brutal repression is beautifully told in Santiago Miter’s Argentina, 1985. The film, in competition for the Leone d’Oro at the 79th Venice Film Festival, was received by the audience with a seven-minute standing ovation.

Argentinian superstar Ricardo Darín is one of the few international actors who didn’t want a Hollywood career. When he was asked to join the cast of the 2004 Denzel Washington film Man on Fire, he turned down the offer.