Argentine drama wins Guadalajara’s top film prize
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- Published on Friday, 15 March 2013 18:45
- Written by Duncan Tucker
“Clandestine Childhood,” a tale of lost innocence set during the Argentinian dictatorship of the 1970s, won the top prize for Iberoamerican fiction at Guadalajara’s 28th International Film Festival (FICG), which closed on Saturday.
Benjamin Avila’s debut feature beat competition from 18 other titles to claim the cash prize of 20,000 dollars, as well as winning the best actor award for Ernesto Alterio. It tells the tale of the son of political activists who return to Argentina after years in exile to join the insurgency against the military junta that ruled the country.