BAD COMPANY is a disturbing, surrealistic black comedy, which--like most recent Argentine films--criticizes the overthrown military regime. Luppi and Mujica are a seemingly innocent and well-mannered middle-aged couple whose desperate need for lodgings leads them to take a room in the flat
of a narcissistic young sculptor, Nestor Sola. The older people are more or less kept prisoners in their small, barren room, patiently contending with their repressed situation, until they decide to turn the tables. BAD COMPANY has wonderfully complex and symbolically significant characters. Sola,
for all his selfishness, is charming and charismatic. His strong individuality upse...
Released:
1986
Rated:
NR
Length:
90 mins