Splinters

Splinters (2020)

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On 3 November 1995, the Rio Tercero Military Factory exploded in Cordoba, prompting thousands of projectiles to fire and spread in the surrounding villages, in a tragedy that would leave seven dead and hundreds injured and affected. At the time, Natalia Garayalde was a twelve-year-old girl who lived with her family near the place, and he was still playing filming with the video camera her father had bought, when she recorded the immediate moments of the burst, while her family escaped the explosions, as well as the daily activities of the village in the days and weeks that follow. Twenty-five years later, that material captured from a girl's candid and surprised gaze it becomes a thoughtful and painful testimony about the family, the destruction of a city, the traces of horror, the sinister truth about the case.

Date of release
2020-11-23
TMDB
7.5 / 10 (15)
Runtime
1h 10m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Natalia Garayalde

Casting

Interesting facts

Splinters is a 2020 Argentine documentary film written and directed by Natalia Garayalde. The film investigates a catastrophic explosion at the Río Tercero military munitions factory in 1995, seen through the lens of 12‑year‑old Garayalde’s home‑video footage. Two decades later, she revisits her archives, blending personal recordings with national and amateur archives to reveal evidence that the blast was a deliberate state‑orchestrated attack linked to illicit arms trafficking.

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