Underplayed Gems

Funny Dirty Little War (1983)

Funny Dirty Little War poster
Original title
No habrá más penas ni olvido
Directed by
Héctor Olivera
Genre
comedy drama
Country
Argentina
Runtime
1h 20m
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 22 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

In small-town Argentina during the early 1970s, a petty political feud between a mayor and his deputy spirals into violent chaos. Both leftist guerrillas and a right-wing death squad get pulled into the conflict. The film follows how small personal ambitions and grudges can lead to absurd and bloody consequences.

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What happens

Funny Dirty Little War (Spanish: No habrá más penas ni olvido; original title translatable as "There will be no more sorrow or forgetfulness", a line from Mi Buenos Aires Querido tango lyrics) is a 1983 Argentine comedy-drama film directed by Héctor Olivera, written by Olivera and Roberto Cossa, based on a novel of the same name by Osvaldo Soriano. It was produced by Fernando Ayala and Luis O. Repetto, and stars Federico Luppi, Miguel Ángel Solá, Ulises Dumont, Héctor Bidonde and Víctor Laplace. The film is set during the early 1970s, in central Argentina. A political conflict between the local mayor and the deputy mayor escalates into an armed conflict, with the involvement of both the terrorist organization Argentine Anticommunist Alliance and the guerrilla organization Montoneros. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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