Rojo
2018 · Movie · 106 min · ★ 6.0 · 86% critics
In a small Argentinian town in 1975, a respected lawyer’s comfortable routine is shaken after a petty argument with a stranger in a crowded restaurant. What seems like a minor incident spirals into a tense chain of events that exposes the town’s uneasy calm and the violence simmering beneath everyday life.
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Details
- Years
- 2018
- Release date
- 2018-10-26
- Language
- Spanish
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 86/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.0/10 (63 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a disturbing, slow-burn story about everyday normality masking political violence and moral compromise; Not for you if you prefer clear-cut thrills or lighter dramas like Personal Shopper.
Pros: tense, unsettling mood; sharp social portrait; strong lead performance | Cons: slow, drifting structure; bleak subject matter; demands close attention
Themes
- small town
- husband wife relationship
- detective
- 1970s
- disappearance
- argentina
- lawyer
- desert
- ballet class
Awards & recognition
- Silver Shell — Best Director · 2018
Cast & crew
Darío Grandinetti
as Claudio
Andrea Frigerio
as Susana
Alfredo Castro
as Detective Sinclair
Diego Cremonesi
as The Hippie / Dieguito
Laura Grandinetti
as Paula
Claudio Martínez Bel
as Vivas
Susana Pampín
as Professor
Rafael Federman
as Santiago
Rudy Chernicoff
as Mago
Mara Bestelli
as Mabel
Directed by Benjamín Naishtat