Abstract
A tribute to the maker of Operation Massacre, one of Argentina's most famous films
On 1 June 1980, Jorge Cedrón, one of Argentina's major film-makers, then in exile, committed suicide by stabbing himself four times in the heart, while in the Quai des Orfevres Judicial Police Station, in Paris.
Accompanied by his wife, Marta, Cedrón had gone to the police station to report the kidnapping of his father-in-law, St Saturnino Montero Ruiz the ex-mayor of Buenos Aires, which had taken place in Paris on 25 May. The abduction had been carried out by men with Argentinian accents.
While his wife was in Argentina attempting to raise money for the ransom, Cedrón had remained in Paris with their five-year-old daughter. Under threat himself from the kidnappers, he was in a bad psychological state. His friends believe that the police station, and the interrogation of himself and his wife by the police after they had reported the abduction, proved too strong a reminder to Cedrón of his experiences, and those of colleagues and friends, in Argentina.
The following tribute to Jorge Cedrón is signed collectively by a group of his friends, including the novelist Julio Cortázar, Jean-Paul Carrière, Anatole Dauman, Paco Ibañez, Jacqueline Lenoir, and Antonio Segui.