Carancho

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Carancho
Buena Vista International (Argentina)
Ad Vitam Distribution
(France)
Golem Distribution (Spain)
Release date
  • 6 May 2010 (2010-5-6)
Running time
107 minutes
CountriesArgentina
Chile
Spain
France
South Korea
LanguageSpanish

Carancho is a 2010

Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards,[2] but it did not make the final shortlist.[3]

Plot synopsis

Sosa is a

carancho" in Argentina—, touring the emergency departments of the public hospitals and the police stations in search of potential clients for his barely-legal law firm. One night at a hospital he meets Luján, a young woman and doctor recently arrived from the provinces who is trying to get an internship as a surgeon
. The two start a romantic relationship that is threatened when Sosa breaks his association with his corrupt boss. When Sosa is about to get back his attorney registration (and while making amends for his bad deeds) he and Luján are attacked by former partners of the law firm, initiating an escalation of violence.

Cast

  • Ricardo Darín as Héctor Sosa
  • Martina Gusmán as Luján Olivera
  • Carlos Weber as El Perro
  • José Luis Arias as Casal
  • Fabio Ronzano as Pico
  • Loren Acuña as Mariana
  • Gabriel Almirón as Muñoz
  • José Manuel Espeche as Garrido

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 88% based on 46 reviews, and an average rating of 6.8/10.[4] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 66 out of 100, based on 15 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Carancho". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
  2. ^ "Defending Champ Argentina Submits 'Carancho' to Oscars". thewrap.com. Archived from the original on 23 October 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
  3. ^ "9 Foreign Language Films Continue to Oscar® Race". oscars.org. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
  4. ^ "Carancho (2011)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  5. CBS Interactive
    . Retrieved 16 March 2018.
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