Wild Horses (1995 film)

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Caballos salvajes
Theatrical poster and DVD release cover
Directed byMarcelo Piñeyro
Written byAída Bortnik
Marcelo Piñeyro
Produced by
  • Hugo Belcastro
  • Margarita Gómez
  • Pablo Kompel
Starring
Music byAndrés Calamaro
León Gieco
Johann Strauss
Release date
  • 10 August 1995 (1995-08-10)
Running time
122 minutes
LanguageSpanish
Box office747,311 admissions (Argentina)[1]

Wild Horses (

drama film directed by Marcelo Piñeyro and written by Piñeyro and Aída Bortnik. It stars Héctor Alterio, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Cecilia Dopazo and Fernán Mirás. Renowned actors Cipe Lincovsky and Federico Luppi both appear in cameo appearances. The film chronicles the five days of two fugitives on the run after inadvertently robbing a corrupt corporation and being targeted by the media
.

At the time ot its release Wild Horses was critically aclaimed at quickly became the most popular Argentinian film of the year.

Best Foreign Language Film at the 68th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as one of the final nominees.[2][3]

Plot

José is an aging anarchist who decides to get even with the bank corporation that stole U$S15,344 from his family 18 years ago. When confronted by the yuppie manager, Pedro Mendoza, José threatens to kill himself and orders him to hand in the requested amount of money. In the ensuing chaos, Pedro stumbles upon a drawer holding half a million dollars, and puts it all in the bag. He then asks José to take him hostage so that the police will not shoot them, and both drive away successfully.

After the robbery, Pedro is confronted with a dilemma: he cannot turn himself in, because the stolen money is

laundered money Pedro's boss, Rodolfo, has been keeping for the mafia with the bank's knowdlege, and he will thus have trouble with both groups. After learning of this, Pedro decides to join José on a road trip to Patagonia
as they run away from the police and hired thugs who are on their trail.

On their way to the border Pedro and José eventually bond and decide to correct the false claims made by the media about them, looking to clear their names and justify their actions. They tape a message and send it to the TV, and on their way to safety they are aided by several Patagonian

gas station attendants who view the couple as modern-day Robin Hoods
. They are nicknamed by the press coverage "Los Indomables" (The Indomitables).

The duo decide to take a bus that will get them closer to the border with Chile after their car accidentally ends up in a river. Aboard the bus they meet a punk girl, Ana, who steals the bag containing the half million dollars, but promptly returns it when they catch up with her. After she realizes who Pedro and José are, they decide to let her into their society, and she steals a jeep for them. The three decide to "return" the money to the people, creating a mock-up bomb that blows up a briefcase containing the half-million, which rains on a cheering crowd. Keeping only what is necessary for the trip, the group sets on the run again.

Los Indomables manage to get near the border after dodging a pursuing helicopter; with the aid of the gas station attendants they avoid road blocks and two

wild horses at the foot of the mountains
.

As a group of armed men find the two hitmen bested by Los Indomables and gets close to the their location, José bids farewell to Pedro and Ana, who have fallen in love, as they ride away on two horses to the border. José then frees all of his horses, and as he sets the last one going, he is shot in the back by one of their persecutors offscreen. José dies wishing to have more time to spend with Pedro but also feeling contentment at having recently regained his love for live and for noble people. José's horses are then shown running free, while in a flashback José himself dances with joy to Johann Strauss II's Tales from the Vienna Woods and shouting to the skies how good it feels to be alive.

Cast

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Top 5 Argentinian Films 1995". Screen International. 1 November 1996. p. 13.
  2. ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  3. ^ "41 to Compete for Foreign Language Oscar Nominations". FilmFestivals.com. Archived from the original on 7 April 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2015.

External links

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