cribthe winner of the Best Film award in these Martín Fierro of cinema and seriesunfolds a narrative that combines elements of legal thriller, prison drama and militancy cinema and relies primarily on the acting power of its actors. Directed and co-starring Dolores Fonzi In the role of lawyer Soledad Deza, she focuses on the reconstruction of a court case marked by irregularities and omissions, while the protagonist and her team attempt to overturn a verdict that sentenced a young woman to eight years in prison for aggravated murder after a supposedly self-induced abortion.
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The real case that inspires the film occurred in San Miguel de Tucuman It began in 2014 when a 24-year-old woman, whose name was preserved under the pseudonym Belén (actually Julieta), was arrested at the Juan Bautista Alberdi Hospital after police found a fetus in one of the facility’s bathrooms. The situation led to a series of trials, which included two years of preventive detention and inadequate defense, without any formal complaints being lodged about the numerous procedural deficiencies.
In the film, after an explanatory prologue, the narrative focuses on the efforts of Deza and her group of associates to expose the inconsistencies of the trial Raising awareness in a conservative society. The social impact of the case was so great that it was instrumental in promoting Green tidea move that would ultimately be crucial in sanctioning the Voluntary termination of pregnancy law in Argentina. All of this is present in the film’s symbolic capital.
As the story progresses, the script alternates scenes of legal disputes with moments depicting threats, violence and pressure faced by both the defense and the protagonist. The narrative uses common means of judicial biographies and, towards the end, does not forego documentary images, slogans and music sequences that seek to reinforce this collective meaning the story of how it happens when Mercedes Sosa interpreted “When I have the land.”
Compare with films like Argentina, 1985 However, there are emerging around the plot structure crib is characterized by a formal and unusual rigor in these types of productions, at least until the final sections. Among the most discussed aspects of the feature film is the dramatic asymmetry between the character of the lawyer, built with depth and detail about her personal and professional life, and the characterization of Belén herself, played by Camila Plaate. While Deza’s story is presented as a heroic journey, that of the young prisoner, as well as her background and relationships, are largely left out of the narrative, limiting the development of the main character in the trial that gave rise to the film.
However, the power of history and the meaning of history invite us to consider it as a testimonial portrait of a particular social time in contemporary Argentine history. It’s not a little. It’s a lot when we realize where we are, here and now.
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