Carancho
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Carancho |
| Country of production | Argentina |
| original language | Spanish |
| Publishing year | 2010 |
| length | 105 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Pablo Trapero |
| script |
Alejandro Fadel , Martín Mauregui , Santiago Miter , Pablo Trapero |
| production | Pablo Trapero |
| music | Federico Esquerro |
| camera | Julián Apezteguia |
| cut |
Ezequiel Borovinsky , Pablo Trapero |
| occupation | |
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Carancho is a 2010 Argentinian feature film . Directed by Pablo Trapero . The thriller with elements of a romance film deals with the milieu of illegal law firms who earn their money by exploiting victims of traffic accidents through claims for damages and fraud against liability insurance .
action
Héctor Sosa , a middle-aged barrister who has been stripped of his license, works for a shady "foundation" that allegedly advocates higher pain and suffering payments to victims of road accidents, but does not shy away from methods such as deliberately worsening injuries. In the event of an accident, he appears “by chance” after data has been leaked to him by a corrupt emergency doctor in order to take care of the accident victim and possibly be hired by him in a claim for damages. At the scene of the accident, he meets the young emergency doctor Luján Olivera . A love relationship develops between her and Sosa. Both share their dissatisfaction with their work: While Sosa would like to go back to regular work as a lawyer, because he is tired of the frequent violent confrontations with the other foundation members and the night trips to track down traffic accidents, Luján is stressed from the long on-call duty, which is why she has morphine has become dependent.
When a customer of Sosa, who deliberately threw himself in front of a car because of the accident, dies in the emergency room of the hospital where Luján works, she initially doesn't want to know anything about Sosa. At the same time, Sosa’s conflicts with an employee in his foundation worsen, so that he forges plans to move to another area and give up his work in the foundation. After a fight with the enemy colleague and a helper, he shows up injured in Luján's emergency room, which he uses to discuss things with her, there is reconciliation and, as a result, a closer collaboration between the two - she, too, is increasingly concerned with the idea of having Sosa to flee together to another area.
One night, Sosa's enemy colleague breaks into Luján's hospital and intimidates her with brutal violence. Out of anger, Sosa beats his colleague with a metal drawer the next day, who then dies. A joint attempt to escape Sosa and Luján fails shortly afterwards, as a corrupt police unit arrests Sosa at the exit of his house - and leads him to his superior in the foundation, who is called "Perro" (Spanish for dog).
Perro , who apparently liked the "removal" of the employee, offers Sosa to let him go and to conceal the murder from the police if he can only complete one last lucrative assignment for the foundation. Sosa then hatches a plan with Luján. When he finally receives the payment and brings it to the foundation together with Perro , a helper intentionally stages a traffic accident on the way so that Sosa can make a run for it with the money with Luján's help, who is waiting for him down the street. Both Perro and Sosa are injured in the accident and have a shootout, but Sosa reaches Luján's car, who runs over the limping Perro while trying to escape.
On the run, they come to an intersection where they collide with another car that was passing the red light. While the image of the film ends at this point, one hears voices that indicate that an unknown "helper" is offering his services in the rescue of the (presumably) seriously injured Luján and Sosa, probably another lawyer.
production
The film was shot in the Partido La Matanza in the metropolitan area of the Argentine capital Buenos Aires . The female lead actress Martina Gusmán , better known as a film producer than actress and the wife of director Pablo Trapero, also took over the production of the film.
reception
Feedback from audience and film festivals
The film opened in Argentinian cinemas on May 6, 2010 and was able to stay in second place on the hit lists for the first three weeks. As of July 19, 2010, the film had seen 610,849 viewers in Argentina.
On May 18, 2010 Carancho was shown at the Cannes Film Festival in the Un certain regard category . According to the Clarín newspaper , the film was received with long applause.
criticism
The film received mostly positive reviews from the critics. The Argentine film critic portal Todas las críticas received 45 positive ratings out of 47 evaluated reviews and an average rating of 78%.
Diego Lerer ( Clarín ) rated the film four out of five stars ( very good ) and described the film as an “extremely black, impressive crime film” that could be viewed as a “dirty version of the North American crime film of the 1970s”. The film is the hardest so far that Ricardo Darín played. However, the end would "stimulate one or the other discussion". Adolfo Martínez ( La Nación ) praised the acting performances of Darín and Gusman and gave the film a good rating (3 out of 5 stars). The director Pablo Trapero once again demonstrated his talent for telling stories from everyday life. It is one of the films that could exemplify the resurrection of Argentine cinema. Beatriz Molinari ( La Voz del Interior ) gave the film an excellent rating (5 stars out of 5). She highlighted the performance of the artistic director Mercedes Alfonsín, who "masterfully reproduces the hospital nightmare". and judged: "Carancho accuses, tells of love in times of violence and gives an uncomfortable feeling without forgetting the everyday". The criticism of Pedro Squillaci ( La Capital ), who gave the film three out of five stars, was more negative . It is not the best film by Trapero, rather it falls short of the expectations that an international star actor (Darín) could arouse together with an outstanding independent director. The biggest mistake of the film is that the main roles cannot infect the audience; the acting performances of both Darín and Gusman lagged behind previous work. Nevertheless, Trapero's intention to show the dark machinations of the Caranchos is remarkable.
Meaning of the name
The name Carancho means in Spanish crested caracara , a scavenging bird of prey. According to Pablo Trapero, the term Carancho for lawyers who specialize in accident victims and recruit them as customers on site was invented for the film, as these lawyers circle over the injured or dead victims like birds of prey and strike when the opportunity arises. The character Sosa is often referred to in the film as Carancho . The word buitre ( vulture ) is common in the Argentine colloquial language in the same context . However, Trapero chose the Carancho because the name is more concise.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Visitor ranking in Argentine cinemas, May 10, 2010
- ↑ Visitor ranking in Argentine cinemas, May 24, 2010
- ↑ Shrek sigue en la cima de boleterías colmadas , visitor number ranking in Argentine cinemas, cinesargentinos.com.ar, July 19, 2010
- ↑ Buena recepción de "Carancho" en el festival de cine de Cannes , Clarin.com 18 May 2010
- ↑ Carancho , review compilation on todaslascriticas.com.ar
- ↑ Diego Lerer: Calles salvajes , Critique in Clarín
- ↑ El amor entre la tragedia , film review in La Nación . May 6, 2010
- ^ Sin anestesia , film review on vos.com.ar (cultural portal of La Voz del Interior ), May 6, 2010
- ↑ Pedro Squillaci: Carancho, El abogado del diablo que quiere salvar su vida otras muertes ( Memento of the original from August 5, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Film review for the daily newspaper La Capital (Rosario) , May 9, 2010
- ↑ La ley y la calle , Carancho's film review in Página / 12 ( RADAR supplement ), May 2, 2010
Web links
- Carancho in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Carancho - Official website