Fresh
[A] powerful sweat-stained swatch of Argentine neo-realism.
Stephen Holden, New York Times
Overview
Zapa is a locksmith in a remote and quiet little town, lost somewhere deep in the province of Buenos Aires. After getting involved in a crime, his uncle, a retired policeman, bails him out and gets him a spot to join the Provincial Police as an aspiring officer in the thick urban sprawl of Greater Buenos Aires' West Zone. Soon he will get involved in a new type of corruption.
Director and cast
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Top critics, in their words
92%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Credit El Bonaerense with journalistic single-mindedness and, given recent Argentine history, sheer guts.
Bob Campbell, Newark Star-Ledger
Fresh
Director Trapero drives home his message -- the thin line between crooks and cops -- without hitting viewers over the head or seeming to point fingers.
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
Rotten
The vapor traces of farce and policier that waft from this terribly earnest film never coalesce.
Michael Atkinson, Village Voice
Fresh
Wry, acerbic, satiric and moving.
John Anderson, Newsday
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