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Azor

  • 20212021
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
2.6K
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Azor (2021)
Argentina, the late 1970s. Private banker Yvan (Fabrizio Rongione) arrives from Geneva with his wife Ines (Stéphanie Cléau) to replace a colleague who has mysteriously disappeared in military-ruled Buenos Aires. Moving through the smoke-filled lounges and lush gardens of a society under intense surveillance, he finds himself untangling a sinister web of colonialism, high finance, and a nation's "Dirty War."
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Yvan De Wiel, a private banker from Geneva, goes to Argentina in the midst of a dictatorship to replace his partner, the object of the most worrying rumours, who disappeared overnight.Yvan De Wiel, a private banker from Geneva, goes to Argentina in the midst of a dictatorship to replace his partner, the object of the most worrying rumours, who disappeared overnight.Yvan De Wiel, a private banker from Geneva, goes to Argentina in the midst of a dictatorship to replace his partner, the object of the most worrying rumours, who disappeared overnight.
IMDb RATING
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2.6K
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  • Director
    • Andreas Fontana
  • Writers
    • Andreas Fontana
    • Mariano Llinás
  • Stars
    • Fabrizio Rongione
    • Stéphanie Cléau
    • Carmen Iriondo
  • Director
    • Andreas Fontana
  • Writers
    • Andreas Fontana
    • Mariano Llinás
  • Stars
    • Fabrizio Rongione
    • Stéphanie Cléau
    • Carmen Iriondo
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 17User reviews
    • 55Critic reviews
    • 88Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 19 nominations

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    Fabrizio Rongione
    Fabrizio Rongione
    • Yvan de Wiel
    Stéphanie Cléau
    Stéphanie Cléau
    • Inès de Wiel
    Carmen Iriondo
    • Veuve…
    Juan Trench
    • Augusto Padel-Camón
    Ignacio Vila
    • Anibal Farrell
    Pablo Torre Nilson
    • Mrg…
    Juan Pablo Geretto
    • Dekerman
    Alexandre Trocki
    Alexandre Trocki
    • Ambassadeur…
    Yvain Juillard
    • Guy Lombier
    Agustina Muñoz
    Agustina Muñoz
    • Leopolda
    Elli Medeiros
    Elli Medeiros
    • Magdalena Padel-Camón…
    Gilles Privat
    • Decôme
    Alain Gegenschatz
    • René Keys
    Pablo Larralde
    • Chauffeur Ambassade
    Rafael Fernández
    • Concierge…
    Raúl Lissarague
    • Guido
    Denise Carrizo
    • Anita
    Ioana Padilla
    • Bibi Morris
    • Director
      • Andreas Fontana
    • Writers
      • Andreas Fontana
      • Mariano Llinás
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      In a Mubi Q and A, director Andreas Fontana says that the initial idea for the film came from reading his grandfather's journal about a tourist trip to Argentina he had made in 1980 when he was a private banker. He was struck by the mundanity of his grandfather's notes and how he did not mention or hint at anything about the political situation in Argentina at the time. Reflecting that he would have been very aware of the political situation as a former diplomat who kept up with news for business, he reflected on this absence of mentions of politics and found that it gave him "a chilling feeling, as if that absence was, in a way, intentional. Or it was his way of looking the other way." The director thought of the film as "the counterpoint to that notebook, like, the part he didn't tell." He clarified that it is fictional as his grandfather was not involved in what the banker in this film is involved in. Fontana also says that his depiction of the female characters was inspired by his grandmother, a banker's wife.
    • Alternate versions
      Shown on Mubi with a interview after closing credit named "Azor: A conversation with Andreas Fontana & Matías Piñeiro". With a total running time of 120 min.
    • Soundtracks
      Estilo Pampeano
      Written by Abel Fleury (Music) by Warner Chappel Argentina

      Interpreted by Alejo de los Reyes

      With kind approval/Courtesy of Intersong Musikverlag GmbH

    User reviews17

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    Featured review
    3/10
    The Heart Of Boredom
    It's one of those typical movies that movie critics salivate over. The "tension" that all the reviews allude to comes from pointless dialogues and long silences and those long shots that's supposed to represent the character's loneliness and internal turmoil. For most part the dialogues are stiff and theatrical, it just feels like a play for most of the time, and a really pretensions and boring one. The main character looks like he has a constipation for the entire movie. This should have been a TV movie at best. The pretentious references to The Heart of Darkness like traveling down the river to meet the baddie is just that - pretentious references.

    The only quality comes in the last 5 minutes but it doesn't justify the dreadful 85 minutes that supersede that.

    It tries to be like Friedkin's Sorcerer (especially using that transistor music which in this movie really feels fake and forced) or Antonioni's The Passenger. It's neither and doesn't come even close. If you want to watch a good movie about that disappearances in Argentina at the time of the military junta watch Costa-Gavras' Missing with Jack Lemon. This is just a poor, student's tribute to 70's political drama.

    I'm giving it 3 stars because there are movies worse than this. I thought about giving it 1 just to correct the rating because this film is absolutely nowhere 10, 9 or even 8. Critics giving it 100/100 is just a joke...
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    • Dec 4, 2021

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    • Release date
      • September 10, 2021 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Switzerland
      • France
      • Argentina
    • Official site
      • Production company's website
    • Languages
      • French
      • Spanish
      • English
    • Also known as
      • 沉默代号Azor
    • Filming locations
      • Balcarce, Argentina
    • Production companies
      • Alina Film
      • Local Films
      • Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS)
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $53,932
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $6,320
      • Sep 12, 2021
    • Gross worldwide
      • $80,026
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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