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Judi Lynn

(160,542 posts) Thu Sep 10, 2015, 09:52 PM Sep 2015

'El Clan' Becomes Most Successful Argentinian Movie Opening In Country's History

'El Clan' Becomes Most Successful Argentinian Movie Opening In Country's History
By Natalie Roterman | Sep 10 2015, 02:49PM EDT

The highly anticipated Kramer & Sigman Films movie, “The Clan” based on the infamous story of the so-called Puccio clan has now become the highest grossing Argentinian film in its opening day. Over two million people have seen Pablo Trapero's film about the high-class family in the 1980’s who took on Argentina’s Dirty War techniques to form a well-rounded business of kidnapping, extorting and murdering victims for hefty amounts of money. The movie opened in the South American country on August 13 and was also screened at the 72nd Annual Venice Film Festival, receiving thrilling reviews.

Lead veteran actor Guillermo Francella who plays the clan patriarch, Arquímedes Puccio, says, “there's Puccio-mania” in Argentina. “There are even guided tours to see the house where they lived,” he explained. The actor himself remembers what he calls an “emblematic crime” for the whole country at the time. “I remember that at the time, nobody believed that they were guilty. They looked so innocent, a normal family,” he recalled. “Even today there are still people who think they are innocent.”

Critics and audiences are raving about the thriller, which some reviews say, will make a great hit in North America and might even become a big Oscar contender.

More:
http://www.latintimes.com/el-clan-becomes-most-successful-argentinian-movie-opening-countrys-history-339085

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'El Clan' Becomes Most Successful Argentinian Movie Opening In Country's History (Original Post) Judi Lynn Sep 2015 OP

A long-overdue true crime drama, and a stark reminder of the legacy of Operation Condor. forest444 Sep 2015 #1

Really hope this film will make it to the U.S. It would be outstanding for US Americans, too. Judi Lynn Sep 2015 #2

forest444

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1. A long-overdue true crime drama, and a stark reminder of the legacy of Operation Condor.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Thu Sep 10, 2015, 11:20 PM

Sep 2015

Puccio learned the ropes from SIDE (Argentine Intelligence) thug Aníbal Gordon - who was trained in kidnapping, sabotage, and arson in the mid-1970s by CIA personnel seconded to Operation Condor. Conventional wisdom at the time was that such crimes were the exclusive province of left-wing terrorists (who certainly perpetrated their fair share in the '70s).

The Gordon group, which worked with police and armed forces officers as well as Puccio and other criminals, went on to perpetrate numerous high-profile kidnappings even after the return of democracy in 1983. The Alfonsín administration busted the network, and the Puccios, in 1985 - something these lowlifes retaliated against by murdering President Alfonsín's top fundraiser and close friend, banker Osvaldo Sivak. Puccio (who was not involved in the Sivak case, but was close to those who were) died in 2013.

Judi Lynn

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2. Really hope this film will make it to the U.S. It would be outstanding for US Americans, too.

Reply to forest444 (Reply #1)

Fri Sep 11, 2015, 06:26 AM

Sep 2015

It's interesting learning how they got the foundation for their tactics.

Operation Condor, a real triumph of darkness and hatred over life. How could they ever have justified it to themselves? Their consciences were dead or they couldn't have done it.

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