Artfully raw and surprisingly accomplished, Venezuelan writer-director Jonathan Jakubowicz's first fiction feature is an exploitation movie in the best sense of the term: The real-life epidemic of gang-related kidnappings in Latin America inspired this explosive tale of crime
as punishment. After a night of partying at their upscale country club, Martin (Jean Paul Leroux), an upper-class, coke-snorting cad who has nothing but contempt for Caracas' poor, and his fiancee, Clara (Mia Maestro), a doctor dedicated to helping the city's needy children, stop at a 24-hour drugstore where they're accosted by four men brandishing guns. This isn't an ordinary stickup: Tr...
Released:
2004
Rated:
R
Length:
90 mins