Don't miss tonight's gala screening of The Clan Pablo Trapero's latest makes a splash at the festival.
In recent years audiences from all over the world have been blown away by Argentine cinema. Talented actors, directors, scriptwriters have brought us masterful works of art and box-offices successes such as The Secret in Their Eyes, Nine Queens and, more recently, Wild Tales.
Today, it’s impossible to talk about Argentine cinema without mentioning Pablo Trapero, the director famed for his Crane World (Mundo Grúa) (1999), Abutres (Carancho) (2010) and White Elephant (Elefante Blanco) (2012). A true master in the art of story-telling, Trapero, and his captivating films, uphold the strong, literary legacy of the birthplace of Jorge Luis Borges and Julio Cortázar.
The festival goes out this year with a bang: the film everyone’s talking about, Trapero’s latest, The Clan (El Clan). Based on a true story that rocked Argentina, Trapero’s film narrates the turbulent events occurring in one middle-class neighbourhood in Buenos Aires during the 80s. The Puccios, an apparently normal Argentine family, are harbouring a sinister secret: they kidnap wealthy people, hold the victims for ransom, and, once paid, kill them. Patriarch Arquimedes presides over the operation with his sons Alejandro and Alex, while his wife and daughters choose to ignore what is happening right under their noses. But things change when a long-lost son returns from Australia, creating new family tensions.
The film has already broken Argentine box-office records, selling more tickets even than Wild Tales. Moreover, awarded the Silver Lion for best director at Venice 2015, The Clan is a festival highlight that’s not to be missed. Part of the celebration of the 20th anniversary of Fox Searchlight’s involvement with the Festival do Rio, the film will be screened at 9.30pm in the Cine Odeon – Centro Cultural Luiz Severiano Ribeiro, introduced by actor Peter Lanzani and producer Carolina Agunin. The film will also be shown again, for those who missed out the first time, on the 14th October at the Cine Roxy 1, at 2pm and at 7pm.
Tickets can be purchased at the festival’s box-office or online at ingresso.com
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