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Rebellion in Patagonia (1974)

Rebellion in Patagonia poster
Original title
La Patagonia rebelde
Directed by
Héctor Olivera
Genre
drama film, historical film
Country
Argentina
Runtime
1h 43m
Rated
NR
Rating
7.6 of 10 from 38 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

In 1921, anarchist union workers in southern Argentina face military suppression. The film follows their confrontation with state forces during a strike.

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What happens

Rebellion in Patagonia (Spanish: La Patagonia rebelde) is a 1974 Argentine drama-historical film directed by Héctor Olivera and starring Héctor Alterio, Luis Brandoni, José Soriano and Federico Luppi. The screenplay was written by Olivera with Osvaldo Bayer and Fernando Ayala, based on Bayer's renowned novel Los vengadores de la Patagonia Trágica ("The Avengers of Tragic Patagonia"), which was based upon the military suppression of anarchist union movements in Santa Cruz Province in 1921. The film was entered into the 24th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear. It was selected as the second greatest Argentine film of all time in a poll conducted by the Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken in 1984, while it ranked 3rd in the 2000 edition. In a new version of the survey organized in 2022 by the specialized magazines La vida util, Taipei and La tierra quema, presented at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival, the film reached the 25 position. Also in 2022, the film was included in Spanish magazine Fotogramas's list of the 20 best Argentine films of all time. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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