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Release Year2022
Runtime0h 56m
LanguageEnglish
CertificationNR
GenresDrama
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DirectorAlejo Moguillansky
WritersMaría Delgado, Cecilia Sosa
TypeFeature Film
RatingNot rated yet
Cast6 credited
Also Known AsIf it Please the Court
About If it Please the Court
The theatre as a courtroom, the courtroom as a theatre. Alejo Moguillansky’s film draws loosely on Raúl Quirós Molina’s El pan y la sal (The Bread and the Salt), a 2015 verbatim theatre piece compiled from the testimonies provided during the 2012 trial of Judge Baltasar Garzon, for investigating the forced disappearances of the Spanish Civil War and the Franco regime. Juxtaposing the testimonies of the relatives of those who lost loved ones with references to Argentina’s and Chile’s recent dictatorships, this film explores issues around international law and forced disappearance - tracing a line between Francisco Franco, Augusto Pinochet and Jorge Videla’s Military Junta: Garzón has investigated Argentine torturers and criminal perpetrators and had Pinochet arrested in London in 1998 for crimes against humanity.
Directed by Alejo Moguillansky, If it Please the Court leans on a strong ensemble — Walter Jakob, Luciana Acuña, Elisa Carricajo — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about drama titles of 2022.
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