Carancho (2010)
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Directed by: Pablo Trapero
Carancho tells the story of Sosa (Ricardo Darin), a lawyer specialized in traffic accidents in Buenos Aires. Thanks to the corrupt system and insurance companies, he takes advantage of countless families victims of the roads who end up with nothing of the money these lawyers end up keeping. One night, while searching for a new client, Sosa ends up meeting Lujan (Martina Gusman), a young ER doctor who keeps herself awake with drugs.
Pablo Trapero’s thriller is filled with loads of good elements starting up, from your sassy young medical student, and a somewhat rough-on-the-edges Sosa and his victim-lawyers-insurance dealings. There’s fraud, and brutal beat-ups… however, it all falls apart in the last act. We don’t exactly understand why Lujan would end up willing to give it all up for Sosa, who promises to leave his way of earning a living behind, but we know from the start that it won’t be possible.
In the end, Trapero decides to wrap it all up nicely, but ends up feeling a bit desperate with an over-the-top rescue mission.
3/5
COMPETENCIA OFICIAL – FICCION
Screenings:
Saturday 7 – 10.15pm – Centro Cultural Católica – Sala Roja
Sunday 8 – 8pm – Cineplanet Alcázar – Sala 5
Monday 9 – 2.15pm – Centro Cultural Católica – Sala Roja
Tuesday 10 – 8pm – Cineplanet Primavera – Sala 1
Thursday 12 – 7.15pm – Centro Cultural Católica – Sala Roja
Friday 13 – 9.45pm – Cineplanet Alcázar – Sala 1
