Ni héroe ni traidor (Neither Hero nor Traitor) (en)

Ni héroe ni traidor

Chosen in: 

Original version: 

Espagnol

Director: 

Nicolás Savignone

Country: 

  • Argentina

Length: 

77 min

Scriptwriter: 

Nicolás Savignone, Pio Longo, Francisco Grassi

Editor: 

María Astrauskas

Director of photography: 

Federico Lastra

Actors: 

Inés Estévez, Juan Grandinetti, Rafael Spregelburd, Héctor Bidonde, Gastón Cocchiarale, Fabián Arenillas.

Production: 

Synopsis : 

Buenos Aires, 1982. Matías has recently finished his military service and dreams of going to Spain to study music. His problems come down to convincing his girlfriend to meet him there at a later date and to getting round his father’s opposition. But the playing board changes completely when the Falklands War breaks out and he is drafted along with his friends. At first Matías will agree to the call-up, but gradually he will realise that he doesn’t feel this war – or perhaps any other – to be his own or sincere, no matter how just its cause may seem.

Director's biography: 

Nicolás Savignone graduated as a film director from the Fundación Universidad del Cine (FUC) and has a Master in Playwriting from the Universidad Nacional de las Artes (UNA). He has directed the full-length feature Los desechables (2014) and the documentary Hospital de día (2013), winners of awards at different festivals. He is currently working on the documentary Mimita and on the fiction at the development stage, El Muglur (winner of the BW 2017 INCAA competition and a participant in Sitges Pitchbox 2018). Ni héroe ni traidor (Neither Hero Nor Traitor) is his second feature.