A militant union leader plans to squeeze the corrupt demolition firm that he works for by staging a fake accident with a friend. But their scheme backfires when the accident goes wrong and the friend is killed. Undaunted, the surviving partner pursues a massive claim for compensation, fiercely contested by the company, which suspects that the claim isn’t kosher. Desperate to prove the firm’s negligence, he is forced into taking drastic action. A typically uncompromising social-issue feature from an Argentinian filmmaker who served his apprenticeship in the 60s as assistant director to Sergio Leone. —Channel 4
As any other country in the times of a dictatorial regime, Argentina was ruled by fear. This masterpiece cleverly conveys all its messages through simbolism, the censors were unaware or simply couldn’t… read review