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The Strategic Legacy of Juan Perón
ARGENTINA · 2016

The Strategic Legacy of Juan Perón

Fernando Solanas
political biography documentary filmmaking Juan Perón Franco-era Spain clandestine cinema
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Synopsis

In 1971, during the Spain of the last Franco, Solanas and Getino frequented Juan Perón's residence in Puerta de Hierro to film - secretly - two long documentaries with the former president. They were six months of travel between Madrid and Rome, where the montage was made, hiding the negatives that were filmed and avoiding López Rega's claim to take possession of them. In the summer of 2012, Solan

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