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Given the huge popularity of psychoanalysis in Argentina, one might wonder whether it has not replaced politics. Could psychoanalysis have come to fill the void as politics is reduced to its cultural aspect? Has it also replaced religion? Rejecting these two theses, I argue that psychoanalysis is important because of its foundational link to the Law. To demonstrate this, I discuss two recent Argentine films which allow me to explore the complex relations Argentine culture entertains with the Law. I will suggest that psychoanalysis is popular because it is a symptom of the void of the Law. The films analysed are La Fuga (dir. Eduardo Mignona, 2001) and El Secreto de sus Ojos (dir. Juan Jose Campanella, 2009).