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The Blonds (2003)

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Original title
Los rubios
Directed by
Albertina Carri
Genre
docudrama
Country
Argentina, United States
Runtime
1h 29m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman investigates the disappearance of her parents during Argentina's Dirty War. She mixes documentary footage with acted scenes to piece together their story.

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What happens

The Blonds (Spanish: Los rubios) is a 2003 Argentine and American documentary/drama film, directed by Albertina Carri, and written by Carri and Alan Pauls. The award-winning film documents the search of director Albertina Carri as she investigates what happened to her family during Argentina's "Dirty War.", particularly surrounding the disappearance and murder of her parents. Film critics have called the work an autobiographical semidocumentary work. The drama/documentary was filmed in black-and-white and in color. In addition to appearing on-camera as herself, Carri is played by actress Analía Couceyro. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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