2015 · crime · drama
The Clan
Directed by Pablo Trapero1h 49m2015
In Argentina, between 1982 and 1985, the Puccios, a well-established family of San Isidro, an upper-class suburb of Buenos Aires, kidnap several people and hold them as hostages for a ransom.
Our read: The Clan (2015) reads as a heavy, kinetic, grounded crime · drama entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, measured crime / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
- heavy
- brisk
- intense
- bleak
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