Synopsis
A small town in an Argentinian province, 1975. The life of Claudio, a successful lawyer, gets complicated when he has a stupid quarrel with a stranger in a crowded restaurant.
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Cast
- Darío GrandinettiClaudio
- Andrea FrigerioSusana
- Alfredo CastroDetective Sinclair
- Laura GrandinettiPaula
- Claudio Martínez BelVivas
- Susana PampínProfessor
- Rafael FedermanSantiago
- Diego CremonesiThe Hippie / Dieguito
- Rudy ChernicoffMago
- Mara BestelliMabel
- 80
Film Threat
Benjamin Naishtat directs with a steady hand and a strong vision. Pedro Sotero’s cinematography reveals the place and time in a respectful style that captures the period without satirizing it. This is a film that satisfies on every level and bears repeated viewings. - 80
Screen Daily
Writer/director Benjamin Naishtat’s subtle, twisting, state-of-the-nation drama works effectively as a noir-like thriller, and as an exploration of a country that has lost its moral compass. - 80
Variety
Rojo is a witheringly provocative examination of temporary moral eclipse becoming permanent moral apocalypse. - 80
The New York Times
Adopting a cool, oblique yet accessible approach that complements the washed-out, nicotine-stained palette, Naishtat builds a modular narrative that increasingly bristles. - 80
Los Angeles Times
Rojo is a sophisticatedly entertaining reminder of our propensity for malevolent apathy. - 80
Empire
With each subplot reinforcing the simmering sense of unease, this compelling recreation of a pernicious period soberingly exposes the ease with which morality can become a casualty of human nature. - 75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
The detective plot is shaggy and never fully resolves itself, but the implications of the story resonate like a distant drum. - 75
Slant Magazine
It masterfully sustains a sense of “wrongness” that will be felt even by those unfamiliar with Argentina’s history.