Carancho

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Carancho

R,

2011,

1h 47m,

Crime/

Drama/

Romance/

Mystery & Thriller

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87%

47 Reviews

Tomatometer

72%

1,000+ Ratings

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87%

Tomatometer

47 Reviews

72%

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1,000+ Ratings

The shady past of an ambulance-chasing lawyer (Ricardo Darín) threatens his unlikely romance with an idealistic doctor (Martina Gusmán).

Critics Consensus

Carancho is a fast-paced noirish thriller that cuts deep, cementing filmmaker Pablo Trapero as a household name in Argentina.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Mar 1, 2012

4/5

Some movies are described as explosive: this is positively eardrum-perforating.

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Tim Robey

Daily Telegraph (UK)

Mar 1, 2012

3/5

The statistic that 8,000 Argentinians die in traffic accidents every year gives his film a context, but Trapero didn't need to work quite so hard to prove it.

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Nigel Andrews

Financial Times

Mar 1, 2012

4/5

The film's bitterness of vision may owe as much to style as to content: this is not King Lear, it does not go deep. But a vision of sorts it is, harsh and haunting.

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Samantha Schuster

Cinéfilo Serial

Jul 17, 2025

4/5

Through a gripping thriller with hints of romance, he manages to critique the corruption of the legal, police, and healthcare systems. [Full Review in Spanish]

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Diego Batlle

Otroscines.com

Aug 18, 2023

4/5

Carancho is a bold, risky, extreme, difficult film, made without fear, without marketing calculations and, above all, without concessions of any kind. [Full review in Spanish]

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PJ Nabarro

Patrick Nabarro

May 23, 2020

4/5

Comparisons between Martin Scorsese's crackling brand of fraught, moralistic cinema and that of Trapero's doesn't feel at all far-fetched.

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Poe G

Jan 26, 2017

Pablo Trapero always had a different point of view of ther world, and their characters and situations are definitely amazing.

Hagrid S

May 4, 2015

Pablo Trapero nos trae este suspenso basado en la figura de Sosa (Ricardo Darín) es un abogado que se dedica a sacar provecho de los accidentes que sufren las personas, con demandas jugosas, en representación de una fundación inexisente. Todo con el fin de quedarse con parte de la posible indemnización. Sosa conocerá a la doctora Luján (Martina Gusmán) con quien nacerá un romance basado en una relación amor odio. Muy bien lograda, y dura como caracteriza a Trapero.

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Synopsis

The shady past of an ambulance-chasing lawyer (Ricardo Darín) threatens his unlikely romance with an idealistic doctor (Martina Gusmán).

Director: Pablo Trapero
Producer: Pablo Trapero, Youngjoo Suh
Screenwriter: Alejandro Fadel, Martín Mauregui, Santiago Mitre, Pablo Trapero
Distributor: Strand Releasing
Production Co: Patagonik, Matanza Cine, Ad Vitam, Finecut, L90
Rating: R
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: Spanish
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 11, 2011, Limited
Release Date (DVD): Jun 7, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA): $85.4K
Runtime: 1h 47m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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