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Carancho (2010)

Carancho poster
Directed by
Pablo Trapero
Genre
drama film
Country
Argentina, Chile, France
Runtime
1h 45m
Rated
R
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 179 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A lawyer in Buenos Aires makes a living by exploiting accident victims for insurance scams. He falls in love with an ambulance doctor, pulling her into his dangerous world of corruption and violence.

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What happens

Carancho is a 2010 crime drama film directed by Pablo Trapero and starring Ricardo Darín and Martina Gusmán. A co-production between Argentina, Chile, Spain, France and South Korea, the film was entered into the Un Certain Regard section of the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. The film was selected as the Argentine entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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