THE Netflix launched the miniseries “The Eternal” which became the most viewed on streaming, based on the Argentine comic book of the same name, by the author Héctor Oesterheld . The story tells of Juan Salvo, a man who finds himself stuck at home with relatives and friends during a deadly snowfall.
Behind the classical work, Argentina’s most important science fiction writer had a tragic final : was kidnapped by the military dictatorship of the Latin country in 1977.
The story of “The Eternal”, of Héctor Oesterheld and with drawings of Francisco Solano López first appeared in the magazine “Hora Cero Weekly”, in 1957, according to the Argentine newspaper “Clarín”. The first book was published between this year and 1959.
The plot received international influences surrounding the world at the time, such as post-World War tension, space race and fear of nuclear bombs. In this first publication, the political tone was not so strong.
The context changed in 1969, when the editors of the magazine “Gente” asked for a second version of “The Eternal”, according to research by Fabio Bortolazzo Pinto, from the University of the Rio dos Sinos Valley, published in Extra Prension. In this edition, for the scholar, the political tone of the narrative was wide open.
“Regarding the script, what was suggested in the 1957 text, becomes explicit complaint from 1969,” points out the researcher.
The publication of this version occurred a few years before the military coup in Argentina, which took place on March 24, 1976, starting the dictatorship in the country. The period was marked by political persecution for students, trade unionists, activists and torture, according to the FFLCH website (Faculty of Philosophy, Letters and Human Sciences of USP).
Héctor Oesterheld and his four daughters – Diana, Estela, Beatriz and Marina, the result of her relationship with Elsa Sánchez – were political militants. They participated in the group Montoneros an Argentine political-military organization against the military dictatorship.
All were kidnapped and disappeared in 1977, almost 20 years after the first publication of “The Eternal”. The bodies of the author and his daughters were never found, still according to Clarín.
With history being translated into several languages, researchers heard by the newspaper believe that Héctor Oesterheld never knew the success that his work has achieved – and even if the author of the most important science fiction in the Latin country became . After all, in Argentina of that time, comics were marginalized, still according to Clarín.
Now, with six episodes, Netflix launched a miniseries of “The Eternal” . The production is starring the award -winning actor Ricardo Darín, known mainly for the works in “The Secret of Your Eyes” (2009) and “Wild Reports” (2014).
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This content was originally published in “The Eternal”: Know Argentine Author History kidnapped in the dictatorship on CNN Brazil.
Source: CNN Brasil
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