| Description |
1 videodisc (100 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital. |
| Note |
Some credits from container. |
| Cast |
Gastón Pauls, Pablo Ribba, César Albarracín, Virginia Innocenti, Víctor Hugo Carrizo, Marcelo Chaparro, Arturo Bonín, Juan Leyrado. |
| Credits |
Photography director, Javier Juliá ; art director, Graciela Fraguglia ; editor, Alejandro Brodersohn ; music, Federico Bonasso ; costume designer, Julio Suarez ; production designer, Ana De Skalon. |
| Note |
Based on the book by Edgardo Esteban and Gustavo Romero Borri. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 2005. |
| Summary |
After learning of a former infantry mate's attempted suicide, journalist Esteban returns to the Falkland Islands (or in Argentina, known as the Malvinas) to confront the horrors he experienced as an eighteen-year-old soldier. Presents the harrowing story of a group of young men sent to fight an un-winnable war and left to bear its emotional scars. |
| Note |
Special features: Original theatrical trailer; behind the scenes footage. |
| Awards |
San Sebastián Film Festival: Special Jury Prize |
| Language |
Spanish dialogue, English subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Falkland Islands War, 1982 -- Veterans -- Drama.
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Journalists -- Argentina -- Drama.
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Falkland Islands -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Foreign films -- Argentina.
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| Subject |
War films.
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| Genre/Form |
Action and adventure films.
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War -- Feature.
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Adventure -- Feature.
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Feature films.
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War films.
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Adventure films.
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| Added Author |
Ruta, Carlos.
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Esteban, Edgardo, 1962-
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Romero Borri, Gustavo, 1962-
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Bauer, Tristán.
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Bonasso, Miguel.
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Pauls, Gastón, 1972-
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Ribba, Pablo.
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Albarracín, César, 1980-
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Innocenti, Virginia.
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Carrizo, Víctor Hugo.
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Chaparro, Marcelo.
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Bonín, Arturo.
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Leyrado, Juan.
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Universidad Nacional de General San Martín.
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Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales (Argentina)
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Mediapro.
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Canal+ España (Firm)
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Koch Lorber Films.
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| Note |
Title on disc label: Blessed by fire |
| ISBN |
1417201207 |
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9781417201204 |
| Standard No. |
741952310495 |
| Music No. |
KLF-DV-3104 Koch Lorber Films |
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