Juan Salvador the penguin is such an icon

Juan Salvador the penguin is such an icon

A great surprise that I highly recommend if you're interested in history. The Argentine civic-ecclesiastical-military dictatorship was one of the most tragic and brutal in South America during Operation Condor. Of course, the film doesn't really focus that much on this; its main plot follows a professor who rescued a penguin and tries multiple times to get rid of it, but it always comes back. It gets comical at times.

For a moment, I thought the penguin was a metaphor for the disappeared, since there was something known as the "death flights," where the military disposed of people by throwing them from planes. Many of these ended up crashing on the Uruguayan coast, just like the penguin that appeared there covered in oil. But no, it turns out it's a completely true story; it's both adorable and sad.

It's also surprising because it's a British production. The Argentine people still feel the pain of the Falklands War, and collective memory will always connect the penguins with those small islands.

A great surprise that I highly recommend if you're interested in history. The Argentine civic-ecclesiastical-military dictatorship was one of the most tragic and brutal in South America during Operation Condor. Of course, the film doesn't really focus that much on this; its main plot follows a professor who rescued a penguin and tries multiple times to get rid of it, but it always comes back. It gets comical at times.

For a moment, I thought the penguin was a metaphor for the disappeared, since there was something known as the "death flights," where the military disposed of people by throwing them from planes. Many of these ended up crashing on the Uruguayan coast, just like the penguin that appeared there covered in oil. But no, it turns out it's a completely true story; it's both adorable and sad.

It's also surprising because it's a British production. The Argentine people still feel the pain of the Falklands War, and collective memory will always connect the penguins with those small islands.

This movie makes you calm

This movie makes you calm

My favourite bit was when he was asked if he found people interesting and he responded "no, not realy".

My favourite bit was when he was asked if he found people interesting and he responded "no, not realy".

Sometimes you watch a dumb movie for medicinal purposes.

Sometimes you watch a dumb movie for medicinal purposes.