LS83
A reflective archival documentary confronts Argentina’s televised past through one writer’s childhood memories and a forgotten news record.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- None
- reflective
- somber
- analytical
- history-focused viewing
- media studies screening
What critics said
Limited audience ratings are favorable, while the film’s archival reconstruction and historical perspective have received recognition through festival awards.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Martín Kohan's childhood memories are interwoven with previously unpublished Channel 9 newscast archives.
The Channel 9 material is used to reconstruct how Argentine public discourse represented a key historical period.
The film explicitly explores the relationship between personal memory and the public discourse of 1973 to 1980.
Previously unpublished Channel 9 newscast footage forms the documentary's central evidentiary material.
Films like LS83, and why
The Act of Killing
shares archival reconstruction, national trauma, and the tension between private memory and official history
The Missing Picture
shares reflective documentary investigation into how mass media shapes collective memory during political upheaval
Nostalgia for the Light
shares personal recollection interwoven with historical archives to examine authoritarian memory and public narratives
Movie Details
- Director
- Herman Szwarcbart
- Release Date
- 2025-11-09
- Runtime
- 83 min
- Rating
- 7.2 / 10 (4)
Cast
- Jorge Rafael Videla
- Guillermo Vilas
- Emilio Eduardo Massera
- Hugo Orlando Gatti
- Palito Ortega
- Los Chalchaleros
- José Corzo Gómez
- Juan Carlos I
- El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba
- Carlos Monzón
Common questions
- What is LS83 about?
- A reflective archival documentary confronts Argentina’s televised past through one writer’s childhood memories and a forgotten news record.
- What is LS83 like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of LS83 as measured, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as layered.
- Is LS83 violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in LS83.
- What did critics think of LS83?
- Limited audience ratings are favorable, while the film’s archival reconstruction and historical perspective have received recognition through festival awards.
- Which films are like LS83?
- Films with a similar feel include The Act of Killing, The Missing Picture, and Nostalgia for the Light.
- How long is LS83?
- LS83 runs 83 minutes.
