2018 · drama · thriller · mystery
Rojo
Directed by Benjamín Naishtat1h 46m2018
A small town in an Argentinian province, 1975. The life of Claudio, a successful lawyer, gets complicated when he has a stupid quarrel with a stranger in a crowded restaurant.
Our read: Rojo (2018) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama · thriller · mystery entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, measured, measured drama / thriller, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
- bleak
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