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- 2003
- Menemsha Entertainment
- 1 h 45 m
- 2003
- Menemsha Entertainment
- 1 h 45 m
Summary The life of a locksmith living in a quiet town near Buenos Aires changes drastically when his boss sends him on an errand to open a safe, leading him to be arrested for robbery.
Directed By: Pablo Trapero
- 2003
- Menemsha Entertainment
- 1 h 45 m
- 2003
- Menemsha Entertainment
- 1 h 45 m
El bonaerense
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Summary The life of a locksmith living in a quiet town near Buenos Aires changes drastically when his boss sends him on an errand to open a safe, leading him to be arrested for robbery.
Directed By: Pablo Trapero
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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71% Positive
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
66
71% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
29% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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Powerful sweat-stained swatch of Argentine neo-realism.
Unfolds leisurely, in anecdotal style, with deadpan humor and a sense of the absurd.
Trapero again proves himself a master of mood, evoking the gritty, workaday world of contemporary Argentina that helped establish him as one of the most important young directors of the new Argentine cinema.
As a morality play, it's a one-sided contest, because the question of whether power corrupts is never a question at all. As a queasily thrilling tour of a dirty little corner of the world, however, Trapero's film offers a memorable ride.
Not exactly a police corruption thriller, the film is more a study of innocence betrayed, though its insights into Argentine law enforcement are pretty scary.
Episodic in its storytelling, the film never really achieves any true narrative momentum. But individual scenes do register strongly.
Still, the vapor traces of farce and policier that waft from this terribly earnest film never coalesce -- perhaps our own cultural remove allows what plays straight at home to be experienced as slightly daffy.
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Production Company
Matanza Cine,
Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC),
Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales (INCAA),
Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication,
Pablo Trapero Productions,
Pol-Ka Producciones,
Programa Ibermedia,
Wood Producciones
Release Date Nov 26, 2003
Duration 1 h 45 m
Tagline Superbly Persuasive Thriller. Outstanding Human Drama.
Website
http://www.elbonaerensefilm.com/
Awards
Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards
• 2 Wins & 10 Nominations
Clarín Entertainment Awards
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Guadalajara International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
