The Clan
2015 · Movie · R · 109 min · ★ 6.8 · 79% critics
In Argentina from 1982 to 1985, an upper-class family from San Isidro kidnaps multiple people and holds them hostage for ransom. Set amid political change, the story follows how the family’s public respectability clashes with their hidden crimes.
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Details
- Original title
- El clan
- Years
- 2015
- Release date
- 2015-08-13
- Language
- Spanish
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Critic score
- 79/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (441 votes)
- Box office
- $20,381,995
- Budget
- $3,500,000
About
Choose it if you want a dark, real-life crime drama with a tense family façade—Not for you if you dislike hostage stories, find dry pacing frustrating, or prefer lighter true-crime viewing like Argentina, 1985 or All the Money in the World.
Pros: gripping real-crime premise; dark family atmosphere; strong acting | Cons: dry pacing; upsetting tone; some viewers find it confusing
Themes
- ransom
- kidnapping
- affectation
- buenos aires, argentina
- argentina
- military dictatorship
- angry
- aggressive
- dictatorship aftermath
- absurd
- admiring
- ambiguous
- +4 more
Awards & recognition
- IFFR audience award · 2016 · nominated
- International Submission to the Academy Awards · 2016 · nominated
Cast & crew
Guillermo Francella
as Arquímedes Puccio
Peter Lanzani
as Alejandro Puccio
Gastón Cocchiarale
as Daniel 'Maguila' Puccio
Franco Masini
as Guillermo Puccio
Giselle Motta
as Silvia Puccio
Antonia Bengoechea
as Adriana Puccio
Liliana Popovich
as Epifanía Puccio
Stefanía Koessl
as Mónica
- ML
Miguel Ángel Lembo
as Comodoro
Aldo Onofri
as Ordoñez
Directed by Pablo Trapero