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SummaryIn the mid-seventies, a strange man arrives in a quiet provincial city. In a restaurant, without any apparent reason, he starts insulting Claudio, a renowned lawyer. The community supports the lawyer and the stranger is humiliated and thrown out of the place. Later that night the stranger, who is determined to wreak a terrible vengeance, intercep... Read More

Rojo

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Metascore
Generally Favorable
76
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8% Mixed
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Sep 26, 2019
80
The Guardian
It’s a disquieting parable of iniquity.
Sep 6, 2019
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.
Jul 11, 2019
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.
Jul 9, 2019
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.
Jun 28, 2019
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.
Jun 28, 2019
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.
Jun 28, 2019
58
The Film Stage
I was entertained and perplexed in a way that seemed intentional — my confusion a result of Naishtat giving his audience the credit to read into things with their own historical and political interpretations.
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Dec 22, 2020
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Dan_B
A través de la historia de un abogado (a cargo de Darío Grandinetti) frente a un suceso inesperado, Benjamín Naishtat articula un potente policial político y un verdadero ensayo sociológico sobre las miserias de un pueblo de una provincia innominada de la Argentina en 1975 y su aparente normalidad en una etapa turbulenta de su historia. Y con una gran cinematografía. Through the story of a lawyer (led by Darío Grandinetti) facing an unexpected event, Benjamín Naishtat articulates a powerful political policeman and a true sociological essay on the miseries of a town in an unnamed province of Argentina in 1975 and its apparent normality at a turbulent stage in its history. And with great cinematography. Through the story of a lawyer (led by Darío Grandinetti) facing an unexpected event, Benjamín Naishtat articulates a powerful political policeman and a true sociological essay on the miseries of a town in an unnamed province of Argentina in 1975 and its apparent normality at a turbulent stage in its history. And with great cinematography. Corre el año 1975. Claudio (Darío Grandinetti) es el Doctor, un abogado de prestigio de un pueblo en una provincia innominada de Argentina, casado con Susana (Andrea Frigerio) y con un hija adolescente. Un tenso incidente con un extraño (Diego Cremonesi) en un restaurante del pueblo será el primero de una serie de eventos que pondrán en cuestión la calma del Doctor. En realidad, la primera escena de la película es otra, un potente plano fijo sobre una casa, en una escena de enorme elocuencia. Para quienes no lo saben, o no lo recuerdan, en 1975 gobernaba Isabel Perón y ya la Argentina estaba asolada por los secuestros y asesinatos de la Triple A (Alianza Anticomunista Argentina), una organización parapolicial vinculada al Gobierno, en un verdadero anticipo de lo que sería el terrorismo de estado instaurado por la dictadura cívico-militar que derrocó a Isabel en 1976. Rojo es un film notable y perturbador. Su trama sufre una aparente deriva por situaciones que parecen inconexas pero que en realidad se integran en una poderosa e implacable radiografía de una época: la violencia (a veces dejada fuera de campo), las desapariciones, el despojo, el saqueo de las víctimas, la estafa, el silencio, la impostura, la impunidad. Pero todo bajo una capa de aparente normalidad y en el marco de una provincia intervenida para "restaurarla". La película de Naishtat podría definirse como un policial negro sociológico y político. Cada escena es un apunte necesario (y jamás subrayado) sobre el cuadro general, incluida la lograda escena en una playa de Mar del Plata. Desde lo formal, la recreación fílmica de la época es notable, con ese tono entre desteñido y sepia que domina la fotografía y sus títulos rojos. Hay un gran uso de los planos fijos y de hermosos planos generales en locaciones desérticas. Muy buena actuación de Grandinetti, mientras que la aparente sobreactuación de un personaje que aparece luego a cargo de Alfredo Castro (el actor de Tengo miedo torero), también tiene su justificación. No podía estar ausente el dispositivo escolar en esta historia, cuando una profesora (Susana Pampín) ensaya con la hija de Claudio y otros compañeros la danza Los Salvajes de la ópera Las Indias Galantes de Rameau (un lujo de la banda sonora) para un acto escolar y lo que dice para ponerlos en situación para la escena, en lo que constituye una inquietante puesta en abismo. ............................................................................................................. For those who do not know, or do not remember, in 1975 Isabel Perón ruled and Argentina was already devastated by the kidnappings and murders of the Triple A (Alianza Anticomunista Argentina), a parapolice organization linked to the Government, in a true advance of what that it would be state terrorism established by the civil-military dictatorship that overthrew Isabel in 1976. Red is a remarkable and disturbing film. Its plot suffers an apparent drift by situations that seem disconnected but that in reality are integrated into a powerful and implacable X-ray of an era: violence (sometimes left out of the field), disappearances, dispossession, looting of the victims, the swindle, the silence, the imposture, the impunity. But all under a layer of apparent normality and within the framework of a province intervened to "restore" it. Naishtat's film could be defined as a sociological and political black cop. Each scene is a necessary note (and never underlined) on the general picture, including the successful scene on a beach in Mar del Plata. From the formal point of view, the filmic recreation of the time is remarkable, with that tone between faded and sepia that dominates photography and its red titles. There is a great use of still shots and beautiful wide shots in desert locations. Grandinetti's very good performance.
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Jul 12, 2019
1 h 49 m
Cuando todos callan, no hay inocentes. [When everybody is silent, no one is innocent.]
Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards
• 3 Wins & 13 Nominations
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Argentina
• 6 Wins & 10 Nominations
San Sebastián International Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 4 Nominations
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