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ROJO

BENJAMIN NAISHTAT | ARGENTINA | 2018 | 109 MIN | NR | SPANISH W/ ENGLISH SUBTITLES

Set in the mid-1970s—a period in which Argentina was gripped by political unrest and a wave of mass disappearances—ROJO is the story of respected small-town lawyer and family man Claudio (Dario Grandinetti), whose comfortable life starts to fall apart after a violent altercation with an unhinged drifter. Confident that the disturbing incident is firmly behind him, Claudio gets back to business as usual. Yet a string of unsettling events suggest that something sinister is encroaching: A solar eclipse briefly bathes the nation in eerie, blood-red light, an eccentric TV detective shows up to investigate a missing person, and what seems at first like a straightforward potboiler gradually shifts into Lynchian nightmare territory. All the while, a pervasive air of distrust and incipient violence suggests that Claudio’s personal unraveling is only part of a nationwide moral breakdown. Vividly evoking the 1970s through period-specific art direction and strikingly stylized cinematography, director Benjamín Naishtat has concocted a thriller that’s both rigorous and richly entertaining.

The screening will be preceded by a short introduction by Alan McPherson, Professor of History at Temple University and author of the upcoming book Ghosts of Sheridan Circle: How a Washington Assassination Brought Pinochet’s Terror State.

Cast: Dario Grandinetti, Andrea Frigerio, Alfredo Castro, Diego Cremonesi

Toronto International Film Festival – Platform Competition
San Sebastian Film Festival – Best Director, Best Actor

“Superbly sinister and stylish.” –Variety

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