Those words, uttered by lawyer Soledad Deza (Dolores Fonzi) during a climactic courtroom sequence in “Belén,” serve as a thesis that captures the essence of the entire movie. Argentina’s official Oscar submission for Best International Feature, which Fonzi also directed and co-wrote with Laura Paredes, is a factually accurate legal drama about a precedent-setting court case that led to the 2020 legalization of abortion in the South American nation. But more than just a topical procedural thriller, the film also plays out like a Kafka novel about endless invasions of privacy and assumptions of malicious intent that converge to form a modern nightmare.
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