The Peronist Movement
Chasteen begins discussing the late twentieth century military rule in Latin America, with the country of Brazil. He does this in order to show parallels as well as a comparison to the severity of the conflicts in Argentina at the time. Argentina did not benefit as Brazil did from the economic growth at the time. Chasteen states, “The killing began in the late 1960s and escalated through the 1970s, making the Brazilian record of military torture and murder appear child’s play by comparison.” This quote is an example of a comparison of Brazil and Argentina, and speaks greatly about how bad the situation in Argentina really was at the time. Chasteen introduces the Peronist Movement, which is an Argentine political movement named after the former
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The film definitely represented forms of oppression in more than one way. There were the more direct examples of oppression such as the scene at the end of the film where Roberto blatantly beats Alicia and crushes her hand in the door. This violence has been compared to the Machismo ideals in Argentina. This violence also seemed like symbolism for the torture that unrightfully happened in the “Dirty War”. The less obvious sign of oppression was the scene of the grandmother in the crowd on the plaza holding up her sign. This oppression comes from the cruel suffering that the Women and families of the missing had to go through constantly. Without any historical background knowledge, this would be less obvious to a viewer unaware of the historical significance this scene has. Chasteen describes them as “Las Madres de la Plaza de Mayo, as they became known, did not give up” which is what we saw in the movie. They were out in the town parading around constantly trying to get recognition or some sort of justice for their children. There is also great irony in when he describes the type of people who made up Las Madres de la Plaza de Mayo because he says “Middle-Aged school teachers.” This is very ironic because of Alicia who was a middle aged school teacher in the film fighting for the justice of these mothers, or at least the sympathy of one potential
The film definitely represented forms of oppression in more than one way. There were the more direct examples of oppression such as the scene at the end of the film where Roberto blatantly beats Alicia and crushes her hand in the door. This violence has been compared to the Machismo ideals in Argentina. This violence also seemed like symbolism for the torture that unrightfully happened in the “Dirty War”. The less obvious sign of oppression was the scene of the grandmother in the crowd on the plaza holding up her sign. This oppression comes from the cruel suffering that the Women and families of the missing had to go through constantly. Without any historical background knowledge, this would be less obvious to a viewer unaware of the historical significance this scene has. Chasteen describes them as “Las Madres de la Plaza de Mayo, as they became known, did not give up” which is what we saw in the movie. They were out in the town parading around constantly trying to get recognition or some sort of justice for their children. There is also great irony in when he describes the type of people who made up Las Madres de la Plaza de Mayo because he says “Middle-Aged school teachers.” This is very ironic because of Alicia who was a middle aged school teacher in the film fighting for the justice of these mothers, or at least the sympathy of one potential