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In Argentina, the number of suicides among Malvinas war veterans is higher than the number of casualties from the war itself En la Argentina, el nmero de suicidios entre los veteranos de guerra de Malvinas es mayor que el nmero de vctimas de la guerra en s
War is bad, and that about sums up the message of
Blessed by Fire (a.k.a. Illuminated by Fire), a
well-meaning but thinly written drama that boasts some dynamic
scenes of battlefront futility. To be fair, director Tristan Bauer's
emotionally potent drama did win the Best Narrative Feature award at
the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival, and it has the distinction of being
the first Argentinean film to openly address the physical and
psychological devastation that resulted from the brief 1982 war
against British forces in the British-colonized Falkland Islands (or
Malvinas, as they're known in Argentina). The legacy of that
woefully imbalanced war is tragic beyond comprehension: In
Argentina, the number of suicides among Malvinas war veterans is
higher than the number of casualties from the war itself, and that
sad statistic crucially informs Bauer's story (based on a novel by
Engardo Esteban and Gustavo Romero Borri) about a present-day
journalist named Esteban (Gaston Pauls) who served in the Malvinas
war with Vargas (Pablo Ribba), who's now comatose and hospitalized
after attempting suicide with a drug-overdose cocktail. The film
flashes back-and-forth from the present to their experiences leading
up to and including the decisive battle on Mount Longdon (re-created
in a harrowing 20-minute sequence), and while Blessed by Fire
is certainly no Saving Private Ryan, its chaotic battle
scenes are impressively intense and painstakingly realistic, and
Bauer is equally effective in showing the miserably cold battlefield
conditions prior to the eruption of violence. As Esteban's memory
takes him back to the horrors of battle, his friend's present-day
suicide attempt resonates throughout the film, which is surely more
powerful for Argentinean viewers than for anyone else. We learn very
little about the central character, however, and Paul's performance
is too passively blank to draw us deeply into his emotional turmoil.
Still, this is one of the few films to deal with what has
essentially become a forgotten war, and Bauer's noble reminder
offers reassuring proof that Argentina's sacrifices will not be
forgotten. --Jeff Shannon |
2 Documentaries Global Technologies and Tactics 1 - Falklands War 2 - Lebanon Falklands War: Seamlessly documented on land and sea by frontline British News footage, the Argentinean junta invaded the UK-controlled islands. Thousands of Argentine troops descended on the island, and easily overtook the small detachment of British troops that were stationed there. The UN Security council call for the withdrawal of the Argentinean troops and fostered futile negotiations, as British troops advanced by sea en masse. British planes viciously attacked Port Stanley from the air, shooting down Argentinean aircraft. A British submarine sank an Argentine cruiser, killing close to 400 crewmen. More blood was shed as the advancing British troops reached their destination of Port Stanley to dismantle the Argentinean forces. Argentina surrendered the land, after nearly 1,000 casualties and a bloody battle over the remote island. Lebanon: British News cameras impressively documented the frontline clash in 1975, when the Palestinian Liberation Organization began infiltrating Israeli borders with attacks that brought Israeli reprisals. Israeli strikes and raids were unable to control the growth of the PLO army. In June 1982, a terrorist group attempted to assassinate an Israeli ambassador. Israeli Defense Forces attacked Lebanon again, moving in to the country in an effort to drive out the terrorists. The PLO responded with a massive artillery and mortar attack on the Israeli population of the Galilee. The operation's initial success led officials to broaden the objective to expel the PLO from Lebanon and induce leaders to sign a peace treaty. Most of the terrorist groups in Lebanon have not yet been disarmed, contributing to ongoing antagonism over border control. |
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