
Single, hopeless, and still living with his mother in a dusty village somewhere in Argentina, the thirty-two-year-old locksmith, Zapa, receives a call from his boss to open a safe--and next thing he knows--he is handcuffed, and charged of theft. Framed and down on his luck, Zapa's miserable life will take a turn for the better, when a letter of recommendation from his uncle and former policeman, Ismael, opens a position in the Police Academy to become a corporal. During the d... (Full plot summary below)
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Single, hopeless, and still living with his mother in a dusty village somewhere in Argentina, the thirty-two-year-old locksmith, Zapa, receives a call from his boss to open a safe--and next thing he knows--he is handcuffed, and charged of theft. Framed and down on his luck, Zapa's miserable life will take a turn for the better, when a letter of recommendation from his uncle and former policeman, Ismael, opens a position in the Police Academy to become a corporal. During the days of his rigorous training, Zapa will also experience an irregular love affair; however, will he finally manage to take charge of his life as he works his way up in the West Buenos Aires Police Force?
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| Newark Star-LedgerBob CampbellCredit El Bonaerense with journalistic single-mindedness and, given recent Argentine history, sheer guts. |
| TV GuideKen FoxTrapero again proves himself a master of mood, evoking the gritty, workaday world of contemporary Argentina that helped establish him as one of the most important young directors of the new Argentine cinema. |
| New York TimesStephen HoldenPowerful sweat-stained swatch of Argentine neo-realism. |
| Film-Forward.comKent TurnerLow budget and technically polished, El Bonaerense is a calm, simmering satire of a police force that is a power all to itself. |
| User ReviewDr. ACine realista sobre la corrupcion y las particularidades policiales |