Stalingrad with Love: Understanding Argentina’s Political Situation

Havana, Nov 15 (EFE).- Understanding the current political situation in Argentina from a return to the past is the central idea of ​​Stalingrad with love, the monologue presented by the group Los Internacionales Teatro Ensamble for the Havana International Theater Festival .

“It is a monologue of poetic-political humor set in the battle of Stalingrad” (one of the deadliest and most decisive battles of World War II), Argentine playwright Manuel Santos, director of the independent theater group, told EFE in Havana.

The theatrical piece “enters fully into the current political situation in Argentina by looking with concern at the rise of the right in our country and in the region. “He goes to the past to think about the present,” he added.

This Sunday the runoff for the presidential elections will take place in your country, with the official candidate Sergio Massa, current Minister of Economy, and the far-right Javier Milei taking part, who arrive at the polls relatively evenly matched in the polls.

“We go to the past to think about the concern that the rise of fascism and right-wing forces generates in us,” said Santos, about the work with which he returned to the Cuban stage.

The actor and director considered that the work is in line with the aesthetics that the group has defended of using the performing arts as “a tool for social transformation.”

“We work on an idea of ​​Latin American epic theater: national in its form and international in its content, always looking for the stories hidden by official history,” said Santos when describing the essence of Los Internacionales Teatro Ensamble.

The stage group was presented four years ago in Cuba with the piece Eléctrico Carlos Marx, in which the German philosopher is impressed with the new information and communication technologies.

“All theater is political, even that which is not defined that way,” stated the Argentine playwright who also defends that this art “has been a trench of cultural resistance.”

“In the case of Argentina, independent theater is the vanguard and spearhead of cultural resistance from its founding in 1930 to the present,” indicated Santos.

The Havana International Theater Festival has been celebrating its twentieth edition from November 11 until this Sunday – the first in-person since 2019 due to the pandemic – with the attendance of companies from five countries, its organizers reported this Wednesday.

In addition to companies from Argentina, you can enjoy works from Spain, Colombia, Costa Rica and France, according to the official program.

The cultural event is dedicated to the late Cuban director and actor Sergio Corrieri and has a total of 91 performances, in addition to exhibitions, book and magazine presentations, multiple meetings, theoretical forums and workshops.

2023-11-15 16:09:11
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