Your brother's kidnapped. The cops are useless. You're the only one who can talk him back.
Julio returns with his family to Argentina after the downfall of the brutal dictatorship that overpowered long-standing democracy. Things soon take an ugly turn as his brother is kidnapped and Julio becomes the lead negotiator with the criminals.
Acting
De la Serna's sweating, shaking desperation is physically exhausting to watch
Direction
Goggi traps you in claustrophobic rooms, no relief, no escape
Director
Daniela Goggi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released 40 years after Argentina's return to democracy, the film interrogates how historical trauma infects present-day crime. The kidnapping industry exploded post-dictatorship, exploiting families already broken by state terror.
De la Serna based his physical performance on real negotiator footage — the shaking hands, the repetitive hand-wringing, the way terror lives in the body when words fail. That final collapse wasn't scripted.
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