Italian film attempts balanced approach to Falklands/Malvinas dispute

Monday, November 9th 2009 - 15:15 UTC

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How many Argentine willing to live in the Falklands?

The Falklands/Malvinas are again the motive of a film this time by an Italian director and in the form of a documentary which tries to give a bigger picture of the issue, including Patagonia’s emptiness and the fact Falkland families have been living in the Islands for over 150 years.

The film with the simple name of “Las Islas” (The Islands) was presented by Antonio Cervi at the current Mar del Plata International Cinema Festival.

The festival is celebrating its 24th edition and “Las Islas” has been presented under the chapter of Argentine pictures.

“When it seemed that everything that could be said about Malvinas had been said, I believe there’s still much to tell, particularly in Argentina, where the only reference is linked to the conflict”, pointed out Cervi on the presentation of the film on the first day of exhibition.

Cervi underlined that to judge a conflict you must be aware and understand its genesis.

“I though I needed to recapitulate the history of the Islands, background, the lives of the Islanders to understand as an Italian, and at the same time help others to understand the genesis of the Falklands/Malvinas”, saic Cervi.

“One of the things which most surprised me is that Britain, on different occasions, tried to return the Islands to Argentina, which at the time was not taken seriously, and maybe if it had been so, the Islands today could have been Argentine”, said Cervi.

“One of the main issues to consider is to honestly ask how many Argentine would be willing to live in Malvinas if we take into account Patagonia, for example, and its slim demographics, and a big reality which can’t be ignored: there are families that have been living over 150 years in the Islands and this must be considered and respected”, conclude Cervi.

Categories: Politics, Falkland Islands, Latin America.

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Mike Rojas
Nice to hear about a new movie of the islands.
But Patagonia emptiness is not a topic to discuss. The islands were linked to Buenos Aires since the begining.
Nov 09th, 2009 - 09:06 pm 0
Emilio
Excatly, here we do not disucuss the emtiness of patagonia (north scotalnd is also not much poulated as the south of Freat britan, so?? that doesnt mean Scotalnd should belong to Norway or Iceland???
That people were living for more than 150 years also does not justify the occupation done BY FORCE by english army back in the 18 hundreds!
Of course the willing of those people living there to remain british must be heard, but also the soverign rights of the a territory which is located within argentine territorial sea as well taken away from argentina by force, should also be taken into consideration! i would suggest an open discussion and try to close both population: argentina and fakland inhabitants and discuss and solve the problem together!
rgds,
emilio
Nov 09th, 2009 - 11:40 pm 0
Mike
The only people who matter are the population of the Falkland Islands. Any country that is a member of the UN recognise this, and it is approppriate to any country in the world. They make the decision as they are the ones who would have to live with the outcome of the decision. Location does not factor in when determining nationality.

Emilio you seem to forget the force Argentina actioned in 1982? The Falkland Islands would only discuss anything with Argentina when its ends it policy to damage the Falkland Islands in international forums and economimcally. Argentina need to stop acting childish, when our nationality is in question, we will decide when we want to discuss anything, not the aggressors.
Nov 10th, 2009 - 07:29 pm 0

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