Rojo (2018)

In the Argentina pre coup d'etat, a successful lawyer starts to feel against the ropes when a secret of the past threatens his present.

Director:

Benjamín Naishtat

Writer:

Benjamín Naishtat

Stars:

Darío Grandinetti, Andrea Frigerio, Alfredo Castro

14 wins & 25 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Darío Grandinetti	...	Claudio
Andrea Frigerio	...	Susana
Alfredo Castro	...	Detective Sinclair
Diego Cremonesi	...	Dieguito / El hippie
Laura Grandinetti	...	Paula
Claudio Martínez Bel	...	Vivas
Susana Pampín	...	Profesora
Rafael Federman	...	Santiago
Rudy Chernicoff	...	Mago
Mara Bestelli	...	Mabel
Pierre Marquille	...	Amigo de Claudio
Fabiana Uria	...	Helena
Lola Banfi	...	Chica truco magia
Myriam Henne-Adda	...	Locutora desfile (as Myriam Hanne Adda)
Martina Mainz	...	Estrellita

Storyline

Argentina, 1976. Claudio Morán is a successful and respected lawyer of an Argentinian town that suffers an incident with another client in the restaurant where he awaits for his wife Susana to dinner, who reclaims his table to seat and eat. Mocking him about the stranger's bad manners and poor education, Claudio's words make that the stranger suddenly explodes in rage against everybody, being forced by the staff to leave the local just when Susana arrives. When they two are in the car to back home, the stranger appears again hitting the car and running away. Leaving the car behind the stranger to stop him, this one intercepts Claudio and both have a fight. Trying to calm him, Claudio see as the stranger hits himself and takes a gun pointing Claudio and Susana, who followed his husband, but instead to kill them the stranger shoots himself in the face. Seriously injured, Claudio takes the stranger into the car and leaves Susana in home saying her that he will moves the stranger to the ...

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Plot Keywords:

1970s | lawyer | color in title | one word title | restaurant | 

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Taglines:

Cuando todos callan, no hay inocentes. [When everybody is silent, no one is innocent.]

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

Argentina Brazil France Netherlands Germany Belgium Switzerland

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

12 July 2019 (USA)

Also Known As:

Rojo

Filming Locations:

Argentina

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$12,479, 14 July 2019

Gross USA:

$94,757

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$557,092

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bord Cadre Films, Desvia Produções, Ecce Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

109 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

User Reviews

A draft of a film about a society in full depravity

Yesterday evening, I took advantage of a French premiere within UGC Les Halles, in Paris, in the presence of the Argentine director Benjamín Naishtat who fluently spoke French with an almost-irreproachable accent. He confided us he was inspired by the detective movies (« polar » in French) of the 70's.

The film generally seems to be the mixture of two films from two distinct directors. The duels (all those involving Darío Grandinetti and / or Alfredo Castro) highlight an obvious cinematographic maturity based on an irreproachable photography and well-built dialogues. These scenes remind me of the excellent film El Clan (2015) which takes place a few years later, at the beginning of the 80's. Conversely, others scenes such as the rehearsal of the dance show are almost annoying and weirdly seem to come from another movie and from another director.

In summary, I'm rather disappointed with this slightly-muddleheaded movie, despite some excellent scenes. I'm nevertheless convinced that the next movie realized by Benjamín Naishtat will be better built. 4/5 of 10.