Rubén Beltrán, the mythical ‘Viking’ mentioned in the title of the film is the film itself. Beltrán is himself a fictional game, not a character played by him; likewise, the tale puts forward an expression of the truth of an era and a social group. This virtuous circularity between fiction and reality is suggested in a scene in which Beltrán sees himself in a Campusano documentary about biker communities.
Aguirre, a man of motorcycles and guns who is separated from his wife and unable to get over it, enters into Vikingo’s world, a world ordered by the ethics of loyalty and responsibility which reminds us of a good Western film. However, the time of Vikingo and his bikers is about to crash into different models for belonging and different codes of conduct. The confrontation is unavoidable.
Film details
- Country of production
- Argentina
- Year
- 2009
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2018
- Length
- 85'
- Medium/Format
- 35mm
