• Director: Tristán Bauer
  • Release Year: 2005
  • Production Country: Argentina, Spain
  • Language: Spanish
  • Run Time: 100 minutes

Iluminados por el fuego (Blessed by Fire)

Description

When Esteban's friend attempts to commit suicide after years of depression brought on by their experiences as soldiers in the Falklands War, Esteban himself is forced to face his own traumatic memories of the conflict. But reliving endless days filled with hunger, boredom, and abuse is easier than confronting once more their final, terrifying realization that their Argentinian forces were hopelessly outmatched—and that the sacrifice of their lives meant nothing in the end.

Themes

Guerra de las Malvinas, Falklands War (1982), Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Casualties of war, Military sociology, Soldiers, Imperialism, Military juntas, Mental illness, Public Memory