A former heavy-metal musician works as a social assistant, and his job at a centre for minors involved in legal processes is everything but gentle. For Murciélago, dealing with disenfranchised youngsters from Bariloche – a well-known tourist resort in Patagonia – becomes even more complicated due to other problems he has concerning his family and love life. However, that won't make him lose sight of the vision of justice which guides him.

Campusano is well aware of the dark countershot in a picture-perfect city with a past, known for its ski resorts and tourist attractions, which he hardly ever shows as he decides to focus exclusively on the contrast which no one usually spares a glance. El azote offers a confirmation of precarious buildings, family corruption, neglect of the youth, and the sterile voluntarism of its hero, whose true 'impotence' lies in knowing that nothing will change.

Director
José Celestino Campusano
Premiere
International premiere
Country of production
Argentina
Year
2017
Festival Edition
IFFR 2018
Length
88'
Medium
DCP
Language
Spanish
Producer
Miguel Ángel Rossi
Production Company
Cinebruto
Sales
Compañia de cine
Screenplay
José Celestino Campusano
Cinematography
Eric Elizondo
Editor
Horacio Florentín
Music
Claudio Miño
Cast
Kiran Sharbis, Facundo Sáenz Sañudo, Nadia Fleitas, Ana María Conejeros, Gastón Cardozo, Federico Romero, Lihue Vizcaíno
Director
José Celestino Campusano
Premiere
International premiere
Country of production
Argentina
Year
2017
Festival Edition
IFFR 2018
Length
88'
Medium
DCP
Language
Spanish
Producer
Miguel Ángel Rossi
Production Company
Cinebruto
Sales
Compañia de cine
Screenplay
José Celestino Campusano
Cinematography
Eric Elizondo
Editor
Horacio Florentín
Music
Claudio Miño
Cast
Kiran Sharbis, Facundo Sáenz Sañudo, Nadia Fleitas, Ana María Conejeros, Gastón Cardozo, Federico Romero, Lihue Vizcaíno

Programme IFFR 2018

José Campusano

A comprehensive retrospective of the work of filmmaker José Celestino Campusano: the ultimate insider portraying the conflicts and contradictions of the working class in Argentina today.

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