Sweet silver is a film argentina 1982 dramatica-historica comedy directed by Fernando Ayala and Juan José Jusid and starring Federico Luppi, Julio de Grazia and Gianni Lunadei. It was released on July 8 of that year and received the silver Condor for best film in 1983. The story takes place during the last military dictatorship in argentina ( 1976 - 1983 ). The film provides a social and political criticism against the then regime, focusing on the years of the financial denominadapatria. During this period trade union rights were abolished and fell the industry, as banks increased and foreign debt increased almost exponentially.