Azor

2021
1h 40m

IMDb RATING

6.5/10

3.1K

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Argentina, the late 1970s. Private banker Yvan (Fabrizio Rongione) arrives from Geneva with his wife Ines (Stéphanie Cléau) to replace a colleague who has mysteriously disappeared in military-ruled Buenos Aires. Moving through the smoke-filled lounges and lush gardens of a society under intense surveillance, he finds himself untangling a sinister web of colonialism, high finance, and a nation's "Dirty War."

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Yvan De Wiel, a private banker from Geneva, goes to Argentina in the midst of a dictatorship to replace his partner, the object of the most worrying rumours, who disappeared overnight.Yvan De Wiel, a private banker from Geneva, goes to Argentina in the midst of a dictatorship to replace his partner, the object of the most worrying rumours, who disappeared overnight.Yvan De Wiel, a private banker from Geneva, goes to Argentina in the midst of a dictatorship to replace his partner, the object of the most worrying rumours, who disappeared overnight.

Director
- Andreas Fontana
Writers
- Andreas Fontana
- Mariano Llinás
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IMDb RATING

6.5/10

3.1K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Andreas Fontana
Writers
- Andreas Fontana
- Mariano Llinás
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 4 wins & 20 nominations total

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In a Mubi Q and A, director Andreas Fontana says that the initial idea for the film came from reading his grandfather's journal about a tourist trip to Argentina he had made in 1980 when he was a private banker. He was struck by the mundanity of his grandfather's notes and how he did not mention or hint at anything about the political situation in Argentina at the time. Reflecting that he would have been very aware of the political situation as a former diplomat who kept up with news for business, he reflected on this absence of mentions of politics and found that it gave him "a chilling feeling, as if that absence was, in a way, intentional. Or it was his way of looking the other way." The director thought of the film as "the counterpoint to that notebook, like, the part he didn't tell." He clarified that it is fictional as his grandfather was not involved in what the banker in this film is involved in. Fontana also says that his depiction of the female characters was inspired by his grandmother, a banker's wife.

Alternate versions
Shown on Mubi with a interview after closing credit named "Azor: A conversation with Andreas Fontana & Matías Piñeiro". With a total running time of 120 min.

Soundtracks
Estilo Pampeano
Written by Abel Fleury (Music) by Warner Chappel Argentina
Interpreted by Alejo de los Reyes
With kind approval/Courtesy of Intersong Musikverlag GmbH

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Featured review

6/10

scenes are done really good but the story is really slow and hard to understand what they are really going

Love the 80's style of movie in a new jacket, but making it nothing short as it maybe has the old camera style of sceneiers even the actors behave. The amount of actors playing is alot even though not all actors are high quality but they do lean towards a natural playing instead of reading the script. Many blank sceniers that feel empty but they hold a very delicated information, what is not much but do help the story building.

The acting is done nicely, the main player is good, the rest could step a bit more up.

They drag a lot in the movie and hard to follow where they want to go with the movie. Even though we know a bit how it will go as audience, but so many options.

The scenes are not low budget made including the clothing and everything around it pulls you really back to the 80's of Argentina. Perfect done. I do need to say they limited the amount of variables like people and decoration, to not misstep because during the pool party I have the feeling they kinda fell in the water. Feeling C level quality.

The camera work is basic also the transaction of scenes, this seems more like the 90's where they highlight so much as if the audience is stupid and every scene feels like cut out and modified and placed back into the movie again.