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6.5/10 • 72

2021-09-101h 40m

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Yvan De Wiel, a private banker from Geneva, is going to Argentina in the midst of a dictatorship to replace his partner, the object of the most worrying rumors, who disappeared overnight. Between hushed lounges, swimming pools, and gardens under surveillance, a remote duel takes place between two bankers who, despite different methods, are the accomplices of a discreet and merciless form of colonization.

Directors
Andreas Fontana
Writters
Mariano Llinás, Andreas Fontana
Editors
Mariano Llinás, Andreas Fontana, Nicolas Desmaison

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  1. Fabrizio Rongione

    Fabrizio Rongione

    Yvan De Wiel

  2. Stéphanie Cléau

    Stéphanie Cléau

    Inès de Wiel

  3. Carmen Iriondo

    Carmen Iriondo

    Lacrosteguy Widow

  4. Juan Trench

    Juan Trench

    Augusto Padel-Camón

  5. Ignacio Vila

    Ignacio Vila

    Anibal Farrell

  6. Pablo Torre Nilson

    Pablo Torre Nilson

    Mgr Tatoski

  7. Juan Pablo Geretto

    Juan Pablo Geretto

    Dekerman

  8. Alexandre Trocki

    Alexandre Trocki

    Embassadeur Frydmer

  9. Yvain Juillard

    Yvain Juillard

    Guy Lombier

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CinemaSerf

Apr 17, 2024

7/10

Sophisticated banker "De Wiel" (Fabrizio Rongione) heads from his base in Geneva to Buenos Aires to take over from his colleague who has mysteriously vanished. Now this story is set in the 1980s so his destination is still under the slightly anachronistic control of a military junta and the Catholic church. Rumours are abounding about the nature of the role his colleague had in some murky financial dealings and so aside from appeasing their clients, he is to try and find out just what happened to "Kies". Upon arrival he is quickly exposed to the corruption that prevails at just about every level of society and his job is to make them as much money a possible - regardless of the ethics or risks of any such transactions, whilst maintaining an high degree of discretion (aka secrecy). I could have done with just a little more pace from director Andreas Fontana here, but what he does provide is quite a compellingly presented assessment of just how venally menacing things were. His "associates" realising that the writing might be on the wall for them desperately trying to liquidate assets which may, or probably did not, belong to them to insulate themselves in an haven abroad. His encounters are not just with the upper class, but all with all strata of a community that had spent it's life turning a blind eye or being passively complicit. The photography works well with the limited amounts of dialogue, and this is quite an effective psychological thriller that leaves us to do much of the heavy lifting - and judging -ourselves.

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Status
Released
Original Language
French
Budget
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Revenue
$74,701.00
Keywords
bankercorruptiondisappearancemilitary dictatorshiprumorsswiss bank