Jonathan Pryce

The Pelican Lessons

The Pelican Lessons is a timely movie set in 1976 Argentina. Why is it timely? In 1976, Argentina lost their democracy to a tyrant – sound familiar. General Jorge Rafael Videla held power until 1983, “disappearing” (i.e., torturing and killing) 30,000 liberals who did not agree with him. The tyrant goes to jail following his…