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202465 minPGdocumentary

Abandono de cargo

202465 minPGdocumentary

Silvana, a teacher at the National School of Lobos in Buenos Aires province, investigates the disappearance of her colleague Luis Oscar "Pato" Lacoste during Argentina's dictatorship.

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Alejandro Vagnenkos

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Silvana, a teacher at the National School of Lobos in Buenos Aires province, investigates the disappearance of her colleague Luis Oscar "Pato" Lacoste during Argentina's dictatorship.

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Silvina Kaspinwriter

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Silvana, a new teacher at the National School of Lobos in Buenos Aires province, seeks to understand the disappearance of her colleague, Luis Oscar "Pato" Lacoste. During Argentina's civil-military dictatorship, Lacoste was kidnapped. The school classified his absence as "abandonment of duty." Silvana investigates the community's response to this unresolved case and the implications of silence surrounding the event. The documentary runs for 65 minutes.

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