La grande (2005; the latest novel by Juan José Saer) and Cordero de Dios (the first feature film of Lucía Cedrón) explore the possibility of returning to talk about the Argentine dictatorship of 1976-1983 and the effects it had on the two decades that followed, as well as on the present which is feebly articulated between past and future. Both works revolve around similar types of scenes, with obscure narratives in which characters are seen in forced meetings with military officials or civil accomplices. The characters’ voices, bodies, gestures, and silences testify to some private and frustrating search, controlled by the drastic changes that dominated Argentine society in the late 20th century.