Young Matias is driving his school pal home from a party in the early hours of the morning when he accidentally hits a cyclist. Believing him to be dead, they flee the scene and Matias concocts a story that that car was stolen. When the hit and run is broadcast all over the TV news Matias panics and confesses all to his parents, who desperate that their only son should not be jailed, conspire with him to cover his tracks.
When the cyclist then dies Federico an innocent family man gets charged with his manslaughter and is subsequently imprisoned for 5 years whilst Matias and his family keep quiet. After serving his sentence Federico leaves prison a changed man, and is bent on one thing only: revenge.
This tense and adrenalin rushing Argentinean thriller gathers momentum and builds up to a fast pace as the plot thickens until literally Matias and his parents are in it too deep to turn back. The biggest shock is the unexpected end, which I’m not sure is how I would have finished the story. But then the producers are the same guys who gave us the amazing Oscar Winning ‘The Secrets In Their Eyes’ …so maybe they know best.
Two outstanding performances enhance it considerably: handsome Leonardo Sbarglian (‘Burnt Money’) as Federico the wronged man, and Federico Luppi, one of Argentina’s biggest stars, who at 80+years old still can turn it on as he does stealing all his scenes as Victor the father of the dead cyclist.
As I left the theatre I heard a very odd comment from a very odd looking woman. ‘Great story’ she said, and then added, ‘ and it could had made a great film!’ She’s wrong. It already has made a great (ish) movie. Well worth seeing
★★★★★★★★
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