‘Belén’ Review: Argentine Abortion Rights Drama Lets Modern History Do the Talking

Ana Maria Rus

Dolores Fonzi offers a tense retelling of a precedent-setting reproductive rights case that doesn't require much intellectual straining to feel relevant in 2025. “ Belén was never presumed innocent. She was always guilty.” Those words, uttered by lawyer Soledad Deza (Dolores Fonzi) during a climactic courtroom sequence in “Belén,” serve as a thesis that captures the essence of the entire movie. Argentina’s official Oscar submission for Best International Feature , which Fonzi also directed and

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