Crónica de una fuga (2006)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

Adrián Caetano

Writers:

Adrián Caetano (co-writer) &
Esteban Student (co-writer) ...

Release Date:

27 April 2006 (Argentina)

Genre:

Thriller

Plot:

The goalkeeper of a little-known soccer team is kidnapped by a Argentinean government squad and sent to a detention center. After months of torture, he plots his escape with three other young men.

Plot Keywords:

Goalkeeper | Torture | Imprisonment | Soccer | Revolutionary

Awards:

11 wins & 10 nominations

Cast

Rodrigo De la Serna	...	Claudio Tamburrini
Pablo Echarri	...	Huguito
Nazareno Casero	...	Guillermo Fernández
Lautaro Delgado	...	El Gallego
Matías Marmorato	...	El Vasco
Martín Urruty	...	El Tano
César Albarracín	...	Guardia Tucumano 2
Diego Alonso	...	Lucas
Leonardo Bargiga	...	Capitán Almagro
Luis Enrique Caetano	...	Taxista
Alfredo Castellani	...	Entrenador
Andrés Chinello	...	Guardia Lucas 2
Daniel Cúparo	...	Guardia Metódica 3
Guillermo Javier de la Vega	...	Guardia Metódica 2
Daniel Di Biase	...	Padre del Gallego

Also Known As:

Atila (Argentina) (working title)
Buenos Aires 1977 (International: English title)
Buenos Aires, 1977 (USA)
Chronicle of an Escape (International: English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for brutality and torture, nudity and language.

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

Argentina

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:13 | USA:R | Netherlands:16 | Germany:16 | South Korea:15 | Norway:15 | Belgium:KT | France:U | Sweden:15 | Italy:T | Finland:K-15 | UK:15 | Denmark:15 | Greece:K-17

Filming Locations:

Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina

Company:

20th Century Fox de Argentina

Trivia:

The man who plays "El Juez" (The Judge) in the scene during which Guillermo is told that he has three days to tell everything he knows is the real-life Guillermo Fernández.

Torture Regime

Let's see. An American nation is threatened by terrorists. For seven years, the government is headed by people who believe that extraconstitutional measures are required. They detain people based on suspicion (often false accusations by enemies) and torture them because they MUST know something. These are specially created places outside the normal criminal system. It is funded and approved from the White House in the name of combating out a global movement, using soldiers and "contractors."

I've been watching movies based on this period. This is one made by Argentines, which adds something. Though the film-making is not particularly effective, it adds a genuine patina. What's disappointing about this is that though we get that the bad guys are genuinely evil men, we don't get the visceral impact of what happened. Really happened.

Ted's Evaluation -- 2 of 3: Has some interesting elements.