Ricardo Darín (star of the Oscar®-winning The Secret in Their Eyes) and Martina Gusman (Lion's Den) give unforgettable performances in the gripping and highly acclaimed thriller CARANCHO (The Vulture), an exhilarating journey into the darker side of Buenos Aires life from leading Argentinean director Pablo Trapero (Familia Rodante, Born and Bred).
With traffic accidents in Argentina on the rise, bodies become currency and a flourishing black market strives to get rich from the personal tragedies that litter the streets. Sosa (Darín) is an ambulance-chasing personal injury lawyer with questionable ethics. Lujan (Gusman) is a young, idealistic country doctor new to the city. As their lives become intertwined, they form an unlikely romance that becomes threatened by Sosa’s turbulent past.
CARANCHO (The Vulture) is a hard-hitting, edge-of-your seat experience that juggles the emotional turmoil of its riveting central characters with a visceral physicality that grabs your attention from the start and never lets go.
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"FILM OF THE WEEK"
Philip French, THE OBSERVER
"Moving, powerful...FILM OF THE WEEK by a million miles"
Mark Kermode, BBC RADIO 5 LIVE
"FILM OF THE WEEK"
BBC Film 2012
"FILM OF THE WEEK, Critics' choice"
TIME OUT
"FILM OF THE WEEK"
LOVE FiLM
"exhilarating and shattering"
Colin Kennedy, METRO
"Explosive and brilliant"
Matt Bochenski, LITTLE WHITE LIES
"a film you can’t take your eyes off...Ricardo Darín is terrific."
Joe Ellison, SHORTLIST
"This dark and menacing noir piece is beautifully handled.... A taut and powerful film"
Ronni Ancona, TATLER
"gritty, edge-of-your seat stuff"
Dave Aldridge, BBC Radio 5 Live
"highly entertaining"
SONGLINES
"stylish"
Jonathan Crocker, Total Film
"a gripping, rooted, superbly human, noirish thriller with one hell of an ending."