La hora de los hornos

One of the great and shining examples of Latin American revolutionary cinema at the end of the Sixties is the threepart La hora de los hornos. At the festival, the first part will be shown, about the reality of political oppression in Argentina in 1968, just before people like Jorge Zorreguieta (father of Maxima, who is about to marry Dutch crown prince Willem Alexander) went into politics. It is a very detailed analysis of Argentine society, divided into 13 chapters in which different angles are used to make it clear just how refined the tactics were that were used by Argentine large landowners and the industrial oligarchy to get hold of power. The role of North American capital is also examined.Solanas’ intention was to involve the audience in a ‘film act’, an ‘act of liberation, not a show for spectators’. In doing so, he moved away from traditional documentary techniques. At the time, the film won prizes in Cannes, Locarno and Mannheim.