La señal (2007)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Directors:

Ricardo Darín
Martin Hodara

Writers:

Patricio Vega (Escritura adicional) and
Eduardo Mignogna (writer)

Release Date:

13 September 2007 (Argentina)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Romance

Plot:

During the last days of Eva Peron, a pair of low-ranking detectives are thrust into a case of corruption involving the Mafia. |

Awards:

4 wins & 10 nominations

Cast

Ricardo Darín	...	Corvalán
Diego Peretti	...	Santana
Julieta Díaz	...	Gloria
Andrea Pietra	...	Perla
Vando Villamil	...	El chofer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Carlos Bardem

Also Known As:

The Signal (Europe: English title) (festival title)

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

Argentina | Spain

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:16 | Spain:13

Filming Locations:

Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina

Company:

Fénix

Trivia:

Writer-director Eduardo Mignogna passed away while he was planning to start production on this film with Ricardo Darín starring. To honor his memory, Darín took over the project and is making his directorial debut with it.

Average film noir

I went watch this flick with the expectation of recreating the Argentine of the fifties -an Argentine long forever gone-. I was born at the beginning of the 60's and had the opportunity to meet quite a prosperous country. Quite different from the piece of s**t that military first and politicians afterward (especially the latter), made of it. So, all in all, the film kept me quite expectant in my seat; not that I fulfilled any of my expectations, because -let's admit it- it is incredibly difficult to make such recreation, and it was not done at all. The camera takes are without exception quite narrow, focused on some part of an old building, rarely letting the sky be seen, and on a very nice fleet of collectible old cars (that MUST have been expensive!). But again, let's be fair, only Hollywood multimillionaire budgets can accomplish such thing. Now for the script: The script is quite mediocre. To such extent that it is unpredictable because it just ends at an unpredictable point, a point at which you could have added one more hour of excellent script. This is definitely not "El Aura". "El Aura" -I got comment on it- is film noire at its absolutely best and you should see it. This one... it can be watched. But only if there's something about the film that interests you beforehand. Else pass.