简介：BerlinInternationalFilmFestival Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s) 1960 Nominated GoldenBerlinBear LeopoldoTorreNilsson ThisroutinedramasetinArgentinaduringthe1930sdrawsparallelsbetweenafamilypatriarchandapoliticaldespotwhostoopstoanycorruptmeanstoincreasehispowerandwealth.Theparallelsareeasytomakebecausethemanisthesameinbothcases.Thegrandfatherinthefamilyhasarigid,tight-fistedcontroloverhisgrandchildren,whoeventuallybegintorebelagainsthisauthoritarianandironicallypuritanicalbehavior.Atfirst,thereisnorealawarenessofhisopposite,criminalbehavioroutsidethehome.Butasoneofthegrandsonsbeginstomatureinhispoliticalsavvy,thegrandfathercomesunderwell-deservedfireatlast. Basedonactualevents,FINDEFIESTAtellsthestoryofMariano,aveteranpoliticalboss,whoclimbedfromthegauchoclasstoapositionofwealthandpowermaintainedbyterrorandtightlycontrolledelections.Wewitnesshisdeclinethroughtheeyesofhisgrandson,Adolfo.KeepingcompanywithGustavino,Mariano'shenchman,theyoungmanseesforhimselftheviolencehisgrandfatherimposesonhisempire,andgrowstohatetheoldman,delightinginhisinevitablebadfortune.…