2021 / drama / 1hr 40min /
written by Andreas Fontana Mariano Llinás / directed by Andreas Fontana /
country: Switzerland, France, Argentina / language: English, French & Spanish with English subtitles /
“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”. In his remarkably assured debut, Swiss director Andreas Fontana invites us into this seductive, moneyed world where political violence simmers just under the surface. Co-written by Argentinian filmmaker Mariano Llinás (La Flor), AZOR is a riveting look at international intrigue worthy of John le Carré or Graham Greene. (MUBI)”
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