Thirty years after the Falklands War, two retired officers of the Peruvian Air Force recall their dangerous mission to bring 10 Mirage planes to the Tandil Base in Buenos Aires, in the middle of a tense conflict further complicated by an international embargo. Javier Pérez de Cuellar, former General Secretary of the United Nations, recount the difficulties in reaching a peace agreement between Iron Lady Margaret Thatcher and controversial Argentine presidentGeneral Leopoldo Galtieri, whom he met with on numerous occasions. Meanwhile, two pilots from Tandil Base emotionally recall the pivotal meeting.
Production
Centro de Producción e Investigación Audiovisual (CEPIA)
Universidad Tres de Febrero UNTREF
Serie
Malvinas 30 Miradas, los cortos de nuestras islas
Argentina, 11 min. 2013
Producers
Barakacine, Cynthia Méndez
Directed & Written by
Judith Vélez
Camera
Marco Arauco
Locations
Perú, Argentina
Festivals
2014 29 International Mar de Plata Film Festival – Argentina
2015 19 Festival de Cine de Lima PUCP
Thirty years after the Falklands War, two retired officers of the Peruvian Air Force recall their dangerous mission to bring 10 Mirage planes to the Tandil Base in Buenos Aires, in the middle of a tense conflict further complicated by an international embargo. Javier Pérez de Cuellar, former General Secretary of the United Nations, recount the difficulties in reaching a peace agreement between Iron Lady Margaret Thatcher and controversial Argentine presidentGeneral Leopoldo Galtieri, whom he met with on numerous occasions. Meanwhile, two pilots from Tandil Base emotionally recall the pivotal meeting.
