can I just recommend? Tremendous film. Was trying to catch it in London and failed then discovered it was on in Edinburgh last night when I was there for work with an evening to kill.
A collections of different stories, unconnected, satirising modern life. A lot about society in Argentina (Sam?) but a super mix of dark comedy, farce at times, but always picking away at the nasty cynical side of life. The section involving road rage had me laughing terribly hard whilst squirming. And the story of the descent into madness and retribution caused by a car being towed was fabulous.
At times the "twist" in each story is telegraphed. But it doesn't matter.
As an extra bonus one of the actors in it - Ricardo Darin - pops up and gave me a sweet reminder of the absolutely unbeatable convoluted heist film, Nine Queens. If you haven't seen that it's one of my favourite films of the last twenty years.
(Sure purists might shoot me down but both films are what makes cinema work for me).
A collections of different stories, unconnected, satirising modern life. A lot about society in Argentina (Sam?) but a super mix of dark comedy, farce at times, but always picking away at the nasty cynical side of life. The section involving road rage had me laughing terribly hard whilst squirming. And the story of the descent into madness and retribution caused by a car being towed was fabulous.
At times the "twist" in each story is telegraphed. But it doesn't matter.
As an extra bonus one of the actors in it - Ricardo Darin - pops up and gave me a sweet reminder of the absolutely unbeatable convoluted heist film, Nine Queens. If you haven't seen that it's one of my favourite films of the last twenty years.
(Sure purists might shoot me down but both films are what makes cinema work for me).
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