''Rojo'' is a 2018
mystery
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thriller drama film
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, directed by
Benjamín Naishtat and released in 2018.
[Peter Bradshaw]
"Rojo review – shame and fury in the land of the disappeared"
''The Guardian
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'', September 4, 2019. Set in the 1970s, the film stars
Darío Grandinetti
Darío Alejandro Grandinetti (born 5 March 1959) is an Argentine actor. He is known for his numerous roles in television, theater and film, where he participated in films by renowned directors such as Alejandro Doria, Pedro Almodóvar and Dami ...
as Claudio Morán, a lawyer who becomes slowly enmeshed in the culture of silent bourgeois complicity around the strange unexplained
enforced disappearance
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s of political dissidents in the months leading up to the
1976 Argentine coup d'état
Events January
* January 2 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 18 – Full diplomatic ...
.
[Manohla Dargis]
"‘Rojo’ Review: Who Is Guilty When Dictatorship Creeps In?"
''The New York Times
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'', July 11, 2019.
The cast also includes
Andrea Frigerio
Andrea Luisa Mitchelstein, better known as Andrea Frigerio (born August 30, 1961 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine actress, television presenter, former model and author.
Career
She began her professional career as a model. In 1989, she began work ...
,
Alfredo Castro, Diego Cremonesi, Laura Grandinetti, Susana Pampin, Rudy Chernicoff, Claudio Martinez, Mara Bestelli and Rafael Federman.
Distribution
The film premiered in the
Platform Prize
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. and had its Argentine premiere on October 26
It secured an international distribution deal in 2018, and was released internationally in various territories including the United States,
[ the United Kingdom][ and France][Thomas Sotinel]
"« Rojo » : prélude pour un massacre"
''Le Monde
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'', July 3, 2019. in 2019.
Awards
See also
* List of Argentine films of 2018
References
External links
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2018 films
2018 thriller films
2018 drama films
Argentine political drama films
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Films set in 1976
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