Synopsis
Patagonia, 1960. A German doctor meets an Argentinean family and follows them to a town where the family will be starting a new life. The family welcomes the doctor into their home and entrust their young daughter to his care, not knowing that he is one of the most dangerous criminals in the world.
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Cast
- Àlex BrendemühlJosef Mengele
- Natalia OreiroEva
- Diego PerettiEnzo
- Elena RogerNora Eldoc
- Florencia BadoLilith
- Abril BraunsteinAilin
- Juan I MartinezOtto
- Guillermo PfeningKlaus
- Ana PaulsNurse
- Carlos KasparFactory owner
Recommendations
- 91
Portland Oregonian
The subtle menace of the would-be geneticist of the Master Race mingles with ordinary pre-teen foreboding to create a riveting cocktail of unease. - 83
Entertainment Weekly
The family he preys on is a tad too unsuspecting to be believable, but the film still hits notes of deep tension. And the cast is superb, especially Àlex Brendemühl as the “Angel of Death” himself. - 75
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Writer-director Lucia Puenzo, adapting her own historical novel, concocts a disquieting and chilling thriller out of what might be a lost chapter in the infamous career of Nazi Doctor Joseph Mengele. - 75
San Francisco Chronicle
A smart and unsettling atmospheric thriller. - 63
Slant Magazine
In Lucía Puenzo's film, things always feel off balance even as the plot points click all too neatly into place. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
The story-telling is a little too pat to deliver the surprise moments that reveal character or sweep audiences up emotionally. The film remains a creepy story with a lot of morbid fascination, set off by the captivating young Florencia Bado in her first screen role. - 58
The A.V. Club
Nestled within the movie’s overtly schematic design are strong performances—namely, newcomer Bado—and a few details about German-Argentinean life which are, frankly, more interesting than the question of Helmut’s past. - 50
The Dissolve
There’s just not much of real import in this quasi-historical semi-thriller.
