The Delinquents
Los delincuentes
Prestopnika
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Rodrigo Moreno's film shows there's a fine line between the monotony of daily routine and the adventurous life of criminals. Above all, however, it demonstrates just how far a person is willing to go to find personal freedom and inner peace.

Morán and Román are two bank employees that at some point in their lives question the routine life they lead. Over dinner with Román, Morán tells him that he stole $650,000, which is exactly double what he would have made until his retirement. He plans to turn himself in, but not before offering Román to split the money if he agrees to hide it for the duration of his incarceration. And just like that, their dreams of a better life take an unexpected and thrilling turn.

"The idea has something to do with an old 1949 film, Hugo Fregonese's Apenas un delincuente. I picked the initial premise of the movie as a starting point but with the idea of going beyond - a type of "beyond" I'm much more interested in, which deals with idea of dismantling genres. If you would have read the script, you would say it looked like a comedy. I wanted to make a comedy and "dismantle" it, but I also wanted to make a thriller boasting a bank robbery and "dismantle" again… and then reach a more existential realm." (Rodrigo Moreno)
Section: FOCUS: ARGENTINA
Directed by: Rodrigo Moreno
Country, year: Argentina, Brasil, Luxembourg, Chile, 2023
Length: 179
Subtitles: English, slovenian
Language: Spanish

Screening in cinema:

Sun, 12.11.2023 21:00 Kinodvor Cinema Buy
Wed, 15.11.2023 15:00 Kosovel Hall Buy

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Screenplay:
Rodrigo Moreno
Cinematography:
Alejo Maglio
Cast:
Daniel Elías (Morán), Esteban Bigliardi (Román), Margarita Molfino (Norma), Germán De Silva (Del Toro/Garrincha), Mariana Chaud (Marianela), Gabriela Saidon (Flor), Cecilia Rainero (Morna), Javier Zoro (Ramon), Lalo Rotavería (Isnardi), Iair Said (Barrientos), Fabian Casas (Maestro), Adriana Aizemberg, Laura Paredes, Pablo Pinto
Producent:
Wanka Cine & Les Films Fauves & Rizoma Films & Jaque Productora & Jirafa & Sancho & Punta
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Sales:
Magnolia Pictures
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About director
Born in 1972 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Moreno graduated from the directing program at the Universidad del Cine, Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he has been teaching directing and screenwriting. Many of his films have been critically hailed at various international film festivals. A Mysterious World premiered in competition at the 2011 Berlinale.
Filmography
1998 Mala época (Bad Times)
2002 El descanso
2011 Un mundo misterioso (A Mysterious World)
2014 Reimon
2017 Una ciudad de provincia
2018 Nuestra novela nocturna (Our Nighttime Story)
2023 Los delincuentes (The Delinquents/Prestopnika)