José Pablo Feinmann (29 March 1943 – 17 December 2021) was an Argentine philosopher, writer,
playwright
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Etymology
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, and television host. He also penned several screenplays for domestic film production and international coproductions.
Born to Abraham and Elena (de Albuquerque) Feinmann, Feinmann was a
Peronist Youth
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militant during the 1970s, considering
Peronism
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as a real mass movement with the potential to change the country for the better. Nevertheless, he opposed armed violence to achieve political ends, criticizing the
foco
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theory of
Che Guevara
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which, years after the
Cuban Revolution
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, became popular in some sectors of the Marxist-Peronist movement, such as
Montoneros
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.
Feinmann abandoned Peronism in the 1990s, during the
neoliberal
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government of
Carlos Menem
Carlos Saúl Menem (2 July 1930 – 14 February 2021) was an Argentine lawyer and politician who served as the President of Argentina from 1989 to 1999. Ideologically, he identified as a Peronist and supported economically liberal policies. H ...
. He later became a supporter of
left-wing
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Peronist president
Cristina Fernandez
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Given name
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*Cristina (singer), Cristina Monet-Palaci (1956–2020), American s ...
.
Death
Feinmann died from complications of a stroke on 17 December 2021, at the age of 78.
Works
Novels
* '' Últimos días de la víctima'' (1979)
*''El ejército de ceniza'' (1986)
* ''La Astucia de la Razón'' (1990)
* ''El cadáver imposible'' (1992)
* ''Los crímenes de Van Gogh'' (1994)
* '' La sombra de Heidegger'' (2005)
* ''Timote: secuestro y muerte del general Aramburu'' (2009)
* ''Carter en New York'' (2009)
* ''Carter en Vietnam'' (2009)
Screenplays
* ''
En retirada
A list of films produced in Argentina in 1984:
External links
Argentine films of 1984at the Internet Movie Database
{{DEFAULTSORT:Argentine films of 1984
1984
Argentine
Films
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Ay Juancito
''Ay Juancito'' is a 2004 Argentine biographical drama film directed by Héctor Olivera. It was written by Olivera and José Pablo Feinmann,Filosofía, aquí y ahora '' Canal Encuentro Retrieved on 29 April 2012