A Chocolate and a Press Operation

2022 • 1h 4m • Documentary

5.5(2 votes)

In July 1982, a month after the capitulation of Argentine troops in the Falklands war with Great Britain, GENTE magazine published on the cover a photo of a boy who had sent a letter and a chocolate to an anonymous soldier. His letter and chocolate would never reach the recipient, the chocolate being later sold at a kiosk in the Argentinian town of Comodoro Rivadavia. 38 years later, Gustavo Vidal, the chocolate boy, embarks on a journey to reconstruct the story that moved, in its time, Argentines deceived by the press before, during and after the armed conflict with the United Kingdom.

Director

Carlos Castro, Silvia Maturana

Writers

Pablo Navarro Espejo, Silvia Maturana, Carlos Castro

Status

Released