Official Selection in Competition at Cannes Film Festival and from internationally acclaimed director Pabio Trapero (Born and Bred Familia Rodante) Lion's Den is a powerful and unflinching emotional drama charting one mother's struggle to raise her child in extraordinary circumstances and her compelling fight for their survival and freedom. Featuring a breathtaking award-winning performance by Martina Gusman.
Starring Ricardo Darn (Oscar-winning The Secret in Their Eyes) and Martina Gusman (Lion's Den), leading Argentinean director Pablo Trapero (Born & Bred, Rolling Family) takes us on a thrilling nocturnal journey into the darker side of Buenos Aires in the gripping and highly acclaimed thriller Carancho (The Vulture).Sosa (Darn) is an ambulance-chasing personal injury attorney with questionable ethics. Lujan (Gusman) is a young, idealistic country doctor new to the city. After Lujan and Sosa's paths repeatedly cross, the two form an unlikely romance that is threatened by Sosa's turbulent past. With traffic accidents the number one cause of death in Argentina, bodies are currency and a black market strives to get rich from the personal tragedies that litter the streets.
In an affluent suburb of Buenos Aires in the early-80s, a seemingly normal family makes its living off kidnapping and murder. Welcome to the home of the Puccios - and the astonishing true story of Argentina's most notorious crime family. Patriarch and former secret service agent ArquÃmedes (a terrifying, icy performance from Guillermo Francella) plans and heads up the gruesome operations. His eldest sun Alejandro, a star rugby player with rising hopes for Argentina's national team, gives in to his father's will and helps identify possible candidates for abduction. Slowly but surely, the other family members all become accomplices as they either support or turn a blind eye to the terrible crimes, living off the large ransoms paid by their victims' families in the process. Winner of the 2015 Venice Silver Lion for Best Director and five Argentine Academy Awards, Pablo Trapero's thrilling new film is a true-life tale of corruption and manipulation, riddled with shocking intrigue and nail-biting suspense - taking place in the final years of the Argentine military dictatorship and incipient return to democracy.
A hilarious and charming road movie Familia Rodante is the latest feature from Pablo Trapero one of the new generation of directors currently revolutionising Argentinian cinema. The tale begins in Buenos Aries with the 84th birthday celebration of Grandma Emilia who tells her stunned family that she has been invited to be matron of honour at her niece's wedding and expects them to accompany her on the thousand kilometre trip. One heavy dose of emotional blackmail la
From one of Argentina's most exciting and original directors Pablo Trapero (Carancho Lion's Den) and starring Ricardo Darin and Jeremie Renier White Elephant is a compelling and highly charged film about courage and human triumph. What should have been South America's largest hospital sits half-finished in the shanty towns of Buenos Aires home to thousands. Amidst rising tensions between residents striking labourers and warring drug cartels two Catholic priests strive to defend the rights of the community while confronting brutal gangs and a church hierarchy sceptical of their unconventional methods. Inspired by the true story of Argentinean priest and activist Father Carlos Mugica White Elephant traces the moral tightrope these men must walk in their bid to stand up for the victims of a corrupt system. Tense superbly constructed and ultimately uplifting White Elephant is a transfixing story of will violence and survival.
In an affluent suburb of Buenos Aires in the early-80s, a seemingly normal family makes its living off kidnapping and murder. Welcome to the home of the Puccios - and the astonishing true story of Argentina's most notorious crime family. Patriarch and former secret service agent ArquÃmedes (a terrifying, icy performance from Guillermo Francella) plans and heads up the gruesome operations. His eldest sun Alejandro, a star rugby player with rising hopes for Argentina's national team, gives in to his father's will and helps identify possible candidates for abduction. Slowly but surely, the other family members all become accomplices as they either support or turn a blind eye to the terrible crimes, living off the large ransoms paid by their victims' families in the process. Winner of the 2015 Venice Silver Lion for Best Director and five Argentine Academy Awards, Pablo Trapero's thrilling new film is a true-life tale of corruption and manipulation, riddled with shocking intrigue and nail-biting suspense - taking place in the final years of the Argentine military dictatorship and incipient return to democracy.
Born And Bred tells the story of Santiago (Guillermo Pfening) a successful interior designer husband to Milli (Martina Gusman) and loving father to daughter Josefina (Victoria Vescio). His translucent veneer of urban contentment in Buenos Aires is torn away when tragedy strikes unexpectedly. Re-appearing in the frozen landscapes of Patagonia and changed beyond recognition Santiago begins a self-imposed penance in a wilderness of outsiders. Yet a warm camaraderie and humour characterise the friendships formed offering hope to a soul tormented by the ghosts of an unalterable past. Santiago must re-engage with the present to remain one step ahead of insanity. Widely applauded by international critics and Official Selection at both Toronto and Rome Film Festivals Born And Bred is the latest film from Argentine director Pablo Trapero. The follow up to the highly acclaimed Familia Rodante Born & Bred charts the emotional journey of a father trying to rebuild his life after a terrible family accident. With excellent performances from Guillermo Pfening and Federico Esquerro it is Pablo Trapero's most personal film to date.
Zapa is a young locksmith who works in a quiet sleepy part of Buenos Aires. Life is slow and the hours pass slowly untill one day he is sent on a job opening a safe in an office only to find that the next day he is arrested for robbing the establishment. His uncle bails him out and suddenly he has a new job a new love interest and his life has become stranger than fiction....
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