The Clan (2015)

The true story of the Puccio Clan, a family who kidnapped and killed people in the 80s.

Director:

Pablo Trapero

Writers:

Julian Loyola, Esteban Student

Stars:

Guillermo Francella, Gastón Cocchiarale, Peter Lanzani

15 wins & 36 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Guillermo Francella	...	Arquímedes Puccio
Gastón Cocchiarale	...	Maguila Puccio
Peter Lanzani	...	Alejandro Puccio
Stefanía Koessl	...	Mónica
Aníbal Barengo	...	Basualdo
Aldo Onofri	...	Ordoñez
Rubén Estévez	...	Comisario
Miguel Ángel Lembo	...	Comodoro
Fabio Aste	...	Secretario Comodoro
Fernando Miró	...	Gordon
Juan Cruz Márquez de la Serna	...	Oveja Gonzalo
Santiago Privitera	...	Eduardo Aulet (as Juan Santiago Privitera)
Franco Masini	...	Guillermo Puccio
Antonia Bengoechea	...	Adriana Puccio
Lili Popovich	...	Epifanía Puccio

Storyline

The Puccios...? A model family! They are few, those that could match them. The father? A dignified man, (honest) storekeeper by trade, who cares about his five children, going as far as to supervise the homework of his youngest daughter. The mother? Both a dedicated teacher and a regular Martha Stewart. The children? Well-educated and promised to a bright future. Alejandro, for one, is already an admired rugby star. Except that... all this respectability is nothing but a smokescreen! The truth is that Arquimedes Puccio is also - and mainly - the tyrannical leader of a criminal gang composed of... his wife and children. Puccio's undercover activities ? Well, they consist in kidnapping rich people (preferably young), detaining them in his own house, torturing them gratuitously and doing away with them after cashing the ransom. The Puccios, a model family? Yes, but a model evil family!

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Plot Keywords:

rugby | kidnap for ransom | buenos aires argentina | 1980s | shot in the head | 

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Taglines:

Toda familia tiene secretos. [Every family has its secrets.]

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Genres:

Biography | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, language and a scene of sexuality/nudity

Did You Know?

Trivia

Altough Guillermo Francella portrays a dark character in this film, he is very well known in Argentina for interpreting rather comedic characters.

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Goofs

Scenes involving trains were filmed near the Urquiza line, the only one of the Buenos Aires metropolitan network using the same electric rolling stock from the 70s. However, in one scene a train passes by rightward and it can be seen it's painted mustard with a gray strip, which is the painting scheme of the current private operator and not of the former Ferrocarriles Argentinos. However, other scenes do show trains with the characteristic "colibrí" yellow-blue-red scheme.

Other than that, the rail tracks show Pandrol clips fastening them to concrete sleepers. Neither of those were used until the 2000s.

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Quotes

[upon kidnapping Ricardo Manoukian]
Arquímedes Puccio: [to Alex, who is seen breathing heavily] Are you ok?
[Alex doesn't answer; he gives a short glance to his father and keeps breathing heavily]
Arquímedes Puccio: Alex?
Alejandro Puccio: I'm ok, dad.

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Soundtracks

Wadu-Wadu
Written by Federico Moura and Julio Moura
Performed by Virus

User Reviews

Raw and real, with solid performances

The film hits from the real and moves the focus on one of the children who suffer most acts of his father, who embodies a sober Franchella that has long been demonstrating his talent for drama also. Format images first constant level remains stuck at viewer will not regret it in the film, which will feel some concern that under the aspects of normalcy can hide eyesores, this very well managed by the principal. I did not like the supporting performances and the appearance of the wife could have been more widespread. Compared to other good films of Argentine cinema may have lacked artistic details that make it more blockbuster, but certainly is a creation that will be a very good story in a story that is surprising.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook [UK]

Country:

Argentina Spain

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

13 August 2015 (Argentina)

Also Known As:

The Clan

Filming Locations:

Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$12,519, 20 March 2016

Gross USA:

$201,227

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$20,381,995

Company Credits

Production Co:

El Deseo, Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales (INCAA), Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

108 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1