Azor

2021 1h 40m FR

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6.3

MID

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98%

CERTIFIED FRESH

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METACRITIC

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6.5

IMDB

★6.3TMDB · 88🍅98%Rotten Tomatoes●88Metacritic★6.5IMDB · 3,104

DramaThriller

Synopsis

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Yvan De Wiel, a private banker from Geneva, is going to Argentina in the midst of a dictatorship to replace his partner, the object of the most worrying rumors, who disappeared overnight. Between hushed lounges, swimming pools, and gardens under surveillance, a remote duel takes place between two bankers who, despite different methods, are the accomplices of a discreet and merciless form of colonization.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Fabrizio Rongione
Yvan De Wiel
Stéphanie Cléau
Inès de Wiel
Carmen Iriondo
Lacrosteguy Widow
Juan Trench
Augusto Padel-Camón
Ignacio Vila
Anibal Farrell
Pablo Torre Nilson
Mgr Tatoski
Juan Pablo Geretto
Dekerman
Alexandre Trocki
Embassadeur Frydmer

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Andreas Fontana
Writers: Mariano Llinás, Andreas Fontana
Languages: French, Spanish, English
Countries: Argentina, France, Switzerland

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1 / 8

ERA

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Released 5 years ago.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: French, Spanish, English.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 3 countries: Argentina, France, Switzerland.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Andreas Fontana, shot by Gabriel Sandru. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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7 / 8

CAST

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Fabrizio Rongione and Stéphanie Cléau and Carmen Iriondo carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt11136276 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Andreas Fontana directs. Gabriel Sandru behind the camera. Paul Courlet scores. Nicolas Desmaison cuts. Produced in Argentina, France, Switzerland. Dialogue in French, Spanish, English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 5 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 3 languages: French, Spanish, English.
3International production across 3 countries: Argentina, France, Switzerland.
4Directed by Andreas Fontana, shot by Gabriel Sandru. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Paul Courlet. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Nicolas Desmaison shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Fabrizio Rongione and Stéphanie Cléau and Carmen Iriondo carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt11136276 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 88 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Gabriel Sandru
Original score: Paul Courlet
Editing: Nicolas Desmaison
Costume design: Simona Martínez
Makeup / hair: Katrine Zingg
Sound: Étienne Curchod
Runtime: 100 min · 1h 40m
Status: Released
Box office: $74,701
Original language: FR
IMDB: Azor (2021)
Rotten Tomatoes: 98% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 88/100
IMDB rating: 6.5/10 · 3,104 votes

Awards

4 wins & 20 nominations total

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Community reviews

What people are saying

CinemaSerf2024-04-17
★ 7/10
Sophisticated banker "De Wiel" (Fabrizio Rongione) heads from his base in Geneva to Buenos Aires to take over from his colleague who has mysteriously vanished. Now this story is set in the 1980s so his destination is still under the slightly anachronistic control of a military junta and the Catholic church. Rumours are abounding about the nature of the role his colleague had in some murky financial dealings and so aside from appeasing their clients, he is to try and find out just what happened to "Kies". Upon arrival he is quickly exposed to the corruption that prevails at just about every level of society and his job is to make them as much money a possible - regardless of the ethics or risks of any such transactions, whilst maintaining an high degree of discretion (aka secrecy). I could have done with just a little more pace from director Andreas Fontana here, but what he does provide is quite a compellingly presented assessment of just how venally menacing things were. His "associates" realising that the writing might be on the wall for them desperately trying to liquidate assets which may, or probably did not, belong to them to insulate themselves in an haven abroad. His encounters are not just with the upper class, but all with all strata of a community that had spent it's life turning a blind eye or being passively complicit. The photography works well with the limited amounts of dialogue, and this is quite an effective psychological thriller that leaves us to do much of the heavy lifting - and judging -ourselves.

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