The Clan

"The true story of Argentina's most notorious crime family"

2015 1h 49m ES

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★6.8TMDB · 458

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Synopsis

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In Argentina, between 1982 and 1985, the Puccios, a well-established family of San Isidro, an upper-class suburb of Buenos Aires, kidnap several people and hold them as hostages for a ransom.

“The true story of Argentina's most notorious crime family”

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Cast

Guillermo Francella
Arquímedes Puccio
Peter Lanzani
Alejandro Puccio
Gastón Cocchiarale
Daniel 'Maguila' Puccio
Franco Masini
Guillermo Puccio
Giselle Motta
Silvia Puccio
Antonia Bengoechea
Adriana Puccio
Liliana Popovich
Epifanía Puccio
Stefanía Koessl
Mónica

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Pablo Trapero
Writers: Pablo Trapero, Julian Loyola, Esteban Student
Languages: English, Spanish
Countries: Argentina, Spain

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MONEY

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Shot for just $3.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 5.8× over at the box office.

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ERA

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Released 11 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Argentina, Spain.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Pablo Trapero, shot by Julián Apezteguia. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Sebastián Escofet. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Alejandro Carrillo Penovi shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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The take

Pablo Trapero directs. Julián Apezteguia behind the camera. Sebastián Escofet scores. Alejandro Carrillo Penovi cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in Argentina, Spain. Dialogue in English, Spanish.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $3.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Made its money back 5.8× over at the box office.
3Released 11 years ago.
4Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.
5International production across 2 countries: Argentina, Spain.
6Directed by Pablo Trapero, shot by Julián Apezteguia. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Sebastián Escofet. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Alejandro Carrillo Penovi shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Guillermo Francella and Peter Lanzani and Gastón Cocchiarale carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "The true story of Argentina's most notorious crime family".
11IMDB entry: tt4411504 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Classified under 16 themes, including "ransom", "kidnapping", "affectation", "buenos aires, argentina".

The technical file

Cinematography: Julián Apezteguia
Original score: Sebastián Escofet
Editing: Alejandro Carrillo Penovi
Production design: Sebastián Orgambide
Costume design: Julio Suárez
Makeup / hair: Araceli Farace
VFX supervisor: Santiago Svirsky
Sound: Leandro de Loredo
Runtime: 109 min · 1h 49m
Status: Released
Budget: $3,500,000
Box office: $20,381,995
Return: 582% of budget
Original language: ES
Certification (US): R
IMDB: The Clan (2015)

Awards

Silver Lion

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Community reviews

What people are saying

Reno2016-12-14
★ 6/10
A family with the dark secret. It's right to say based on the real than a biopic, because it is not the film about the family who we inspire from their act. This is a crime-thriller-drama sets in the early 80s, Argentina, when democracy was restored in the nation. Focused on to tell a story of a middle class family called Puccios. It's a big family, but what they did were inhumane thing. Kidnapping people for ransom money, but in the end, there's no smooth trade off. How long they go for it and how it all ends comes in the latter parts. It was the Argentina's entry to the last year's Oscars. That's really a worst decision ever. Also it the highest grossed film in the domestic circuit. No doubt the film was well made, especially the director who also managed well with the screenplay. This film can be watched to know the truth and nothing else, because of the negative message it carries. Nearly 100 minutes long, full of dark atmosphere, but among it there was a little romance. The actors did good, despite they were in the negative roles. There are plenty of films with the dark tone, which are very enjoyable despite the film characters involved in the wrongful acts. Sometimes we root for them, it might be a robbery or a revenge theme. But there comes a time when I hesitate to encourage such films, mainly because of its serious portrayal. Makes me to think only sick people would enjoy such films. It happened recently for a Chilean film 'The Club' that I felt disgust. I appreciate the filmmaking, but I feel this better should have been a documentary film. Anyway, that's my view. It was one side narration, covered everything from the family angle. But if it was told how the cops or the victim families coped would have made totally a different film. Then I might have liked it. So overall this film was okay, I'm not in its favor though. 6/10

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