Estonian premiere

The Delinquents

Local title
Pätid
Original title
Los delincuentes
Director
Rodrigo Moreno
Country
Argentina, Brazil, Luxembourg, Chile
Year
2023
Festival
27th Black Nights Film Festival
Programme
Screen International Critics' Choice
Genre
drama, crime film
Subject
individual vs society

The lives of two employees in a drab, stifling Buenos Aires bank are intertwined – and upended – when one of them, Moran (Daniel Elias), steals several hundred thousand dollars from the vault and persuades the other, Ramon (Esteban Bigliardi), to hide the money until Moran has served the resulting prison sentence.

It is a fairly familiar crime thriller setup, yet this playful, effortlessly engrossing picture from Rodrigo Moreno takes a series of deliciously confounding turns. Leisurely, elliptical, enigmatic but guided with a sure hand, the film is preoccupied with duality: work versus leisure, routine versus spontaneity, restriction versus freedom, familiarity versus discovery. This is a rewarding, humorous fable that meanders between the city and the Cordoba hills, via lakes, hills, and a stint in prison.

(Wendy Ide, Screen Daily)

Director
Rodrigo Moreno
Screenwriter
Rodrigo Moreno
Cast
Daniel Elías, Margarita Molfino, Esteban Bigliardi
Producer
Ezequiel Borovinsky
DoP
Alejo Maglio, Ines Duacastella
Editor
Karen Akerman, Manuel Ferrari
Production
Wanka Cine, Rizoma Films, Jaque Content, Les Films Fauves, Jirafa Films
World sales
Magnolia Pictures International
Runtime
Language
Spanish
Subtitles
English
Other festivals
London, Toronto, Cannes
Director
Rodrigo Moreno

Rodrigo Moreno (1972)

Filmography:
El Custodio (2006), Un Mundo Misterioso (A Mysterious World, 2011), Reimon (2014), Los Delincuentes (The Delinquents, 2023)

Screenings

Saal Kino Sõprus
Screening063101 / Pätid
SubtitlesEnglish
Screening duration
8th Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening070805 / Pätid
SubtitlesEnglish
Screening duration
Hall 2 Kino Artis
Screening172202 / Pätid
SubtitlesEnglish
Screening duration
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