Pedro Speroni steps inside a maximum security prison in Buenos Aires for this intimate portrait of cell life that also doubles as a snapshot of a wider social picture of life outside its walls.
The verite approach means that the film - also captured at close quarters by cinematographer Santiago Tróccoli - has a fragmented feel that would have benefited from a tighter edit but it has plenty of interesting things to say both about the dynamics of jails and the push and pull of life that has put these men there in the first place.
Among the sea of faces in the clean but cramped space, several emerge as key players. Among them is Iván, who has the sort of early Marlon Brando look that could put him in movies but who is determined to forge a boxing career once he gets out. Urging him on at the punchbag is Mr Artaza -.
The verite approach means that the film - also captured at close quarters by cinematographer Santiago Tróccoli - has a fragmented feel that would have benefited from a tighter edit but it has plenty of interesting things to say both about the dynamics of jails and the push and pull of life that has put these men there in the first place.
Among the sea of faces in the clean but cramped space, several emerge as key players. Among them is Iván, who has the sort of early Marlon Brando look that could put him in movies but who is determined to forge a boxing career once he gets out. Urging him on at the punchbag is Mr Artaza -.
- 6/7/2021
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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