The Boss, Anatomy of a Crime
2014 · Movie · 98 min · ★ 7.5 · 92% critics
Based on a real case, this drama follows a young butcher’s assistant who moves to Buenos Aires hoping for a better future, only to be trapped in an abusive workplace. As pressure and exploitation mount, the story becomes a grim look at survival, injustice, and the human cost of corruption.
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Details
- Original title
- El patrón, radiografía de un crimen
- Years
- 2014
- Release date
- 2014-10-12
- Language
- Spanish
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 92/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.5/10 (99 votes)
About
You may like this if you want a harsh, fact-based crime drama with social bite, especially if Argentina, 1985 worked for you; Not for you if you want escapism, lighter moods, or less upsetting subject matter.
Pros: gripping true-story basis; emotionally raw drama; strong sense of injustice | Cons: very disturbing content; bleak throughout; hard to watch
Themes
- immigrant
- husband wife relationship
- exploitation
- based on true story
- working class
- poverty
- social realism
- butchery
- modern slavery
Cast & crew
Joaquín Furriel
as Hermógenes Saldivar
Luis Ziembrowski
as Don Latuada
Guillermo Pfening
as Marcelo Di Giovanni
Mónica Lairana
as Gladys
Germán de Silva
as Armando
- VR
Victoria Raposo
as Clara
Andrea Garrote
as Nora
Directed by Sebastián Schindel