Sebastián Borensztein is representing his country in the Oscars race…

Argentina’s film academy has submitted the 56-year-old Argentine writer and director’s La Odisea De Los Giles to the International Feature Film category for the 2020 Academy Awards.

The film is based on a novel by Eduardo Sacheri, who also penned the book that was adapted into Juan José Campanella’s 2009 Oscar-winning Argentinian drama The Secret In Their Eyes.

Heroic Losers stars prolific Argentine actor Ricardo Darin (also of The Secret In Their Eyes fame) alongside his son Chino Darin in a story set in a dying town in Buenos Aires. The film follows a group of men stung by a financial scam who set out to rob the perpetrator. 

It was produced by Darin’s own banner Kenya Films with Argentina’s K&S Films and Spain’s Mod Producciones.

The film was released in Argentina on August 15, grossing $4.6M there to date, and also played at Toronto and Spain’s San Sebastian festival on Sunday, September 22.