
In Argentina over 8,000 people die in traffic accidents every year. Behind each of these tragedies is a flourishing industry founded on insurance payouts and legal loopholes. Sosa is a lawyer who tours the A&E Departments of the public hospitals and the police stations in search of potential clients. Luján is a young doctor recently arrived from the provinces. Their love story kicks off one night when Luján and Sosa meet in the street. She's trying to save a man's life; he ... (Full plot summary below)
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In Argentina over 8,000 people die in traffic accidents every year. Behind each of these tragedies is a flourishing industry founded on insurance payouts and legal loopholes. Sosa is a lawyer who tours the A&E Departments of the public hospitals and the police stations in search of potential clients. Luján is a young doctor recently arrived from the provinces. Their love story kicks off one night when Luján and Sosa meet in the street. She's trying to save a man's life; he wants him on his client portfolio.
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| Reeling ReviewsRobin Clifford...this is not just about a stormy romance. It also deals with personal integrity, or lack there of, corruption within the Argentine insurance industry and the violence that it spawns. |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThe Argentinean actor Ricardo Darín (The Secret in Their Eyes) has an almost Bogart-like gift for playing world-weary rotters with a core of nobility. |
| Filmcritic.comChris Cabinwould prove forgettable if not for the oddly tender turns that Trapero yields from Darin and Gusman |
| MovielineMichelle OrangeCarancho moves into heist mode in its final act, and the lovingly balanced, placid frames give way to thrilling turbulence. |
| Boxoffice MagazineJohn P. McCarthyCarancho's noir vibe stems from the scenario itself, plus claustrophobic cinematography and art direction. |
| San Francisco ChronicleWalter V. AddiegoA no-frills version of a perennial dark story: how love of a sort can take root in a festering place. |
| Boston GlobeWesley MorrisCarancho is a particularly jaw-dropping example of what this great, cunning city - on film, anyway - is capable of: an exhilarating bummer. |
| Time OutGeoff AndrewThe desolate Edward Hopper nightscapes provide an effective context... |
| Daily Telegraph (UK)Tim RobeyThe statistic that 8,000 Argentinians die in traffic accidents every year gives his film a context, but Trapero didn't need to work quite so hard to prove it. |
| GuardianPeter BradshawSome movies are described as explosive: this is positively eardrum-perforating. |