Archive Cinema City 2008.

El Asaltante

The Mugger

Genre: Drama / Thriller
Country: Argentina
Year: 2007.
Duration: 67 min

Director: Pablo Fendrik
Scenario: Pablo Fendrik

Cast: Arturo Goetz, Bárbara Lombardo, Maya Lesca, Guillermo Arengo, Germán De Silva, Verónica Piaggio

Programme selection: Latino

Synopsis:
Clocking in at only 70 minutes, Argentine director Pablo Fendrik's unsparingly tense drama El Asaltante (AKA The Mugger, 2007) observes - in real-time - the various conflicting emotions undergone by a perpetrator before he commits a serious and potentially lethal act of aggression. After premeditating the event in his mind for ages, the titular assailant opts to move forward, step by step, and experiences a co-mingling of fear, apprehension, rage, and an overriding loss of hope that will ultimately drive him to commit the most desperate act of his life.

Trailer

Awards:
Best First Work, 2007 Lima Latin American Film Festival


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