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.... (Full plot summary below)
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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.
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| The GuardianPeter BradshawPure evil is all around in this unnervingly subtle, sophisticated movie; an eerie oppression in the air. |
| The Irish TimesTara BradyWatching Andreas Fontana’s wildly impressive first feature, co-written by the director and writer Mariano Llinás, is a little like being Warren Beatty in The Parallax View. |
| The TelegraphRobbie CollinThis superb debut feature from Andreas Fontana puts an ingenious spin on the paranoid thriller: its main character is determined to behave as if he isn’t in one. |
| The New York TimesManohla DargisWritten and directed by Andreas Fontana, making a formally precise, tonally perfect feature debut, Azor is a low-key shocker. |
| The PlaylistJoe BlessingAzor itself is a code word meaning “to not say too much” or “to keep one’s cards close,” a trait that the film and its protagonist so excel at, viewers will be kept guessing until the last moment. |
| RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzSet in Argentina in 1980, Azor is a quiet, unhurried, un-flashy film, and that's what makes it unnerving. You come away from it feeling that you've been given a greater understanding of how authoritarian power-grabs happen. |
| VarietyJay WeissbergLike the intelligent performances — both Rongione and Cléau are standouts — and the terrific art direction, the film’s design reinforces an exquisite, levelheaded decorum about to be smashed by a chillingly cruel monster. |
| Screen DailyWendy IdeThe striking feature film debut from Andreas Fontana brings a prickly thriller sensibility to the closed world of high finance and a piquancy to the phrase ‘dirty money’. |
| Movie NationRoger MooreFontana’s tale is austere, quiet and posh, mirroring the world he’s depicting. There’s enough mystery here to hold our interest. |
| The Observer (UK)Simran HansAs far as the plot is concerned, almost nothing happens, and yet Andreas Fontana’s sinewy debut teems with unseen threat. He crafts an atmosphere of grubbiness despite all the polished surfaces. |
