In the mid-seventies, a strange man arrives in a quiet provincial city. In a restaurant, without any apparent reason, he starts insulting Claudio, a renowned lawyer. The community supports the lawyer and the stranger is humiliated and thrown out of the place. Later that night the stranger, who is determined to wreak a terrible vengeance, intercepts Claudio and his wife Susana. The lawyer then takes a path of no return involving death, secrets and silences.
- Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
- Göteborg Film Festival – International Competition
- Guadalajara Film Festival – International Competition – Best Actor Award (Dario Grandinetti)
- Geneva International Film Festival – International Competition
- CPH:PIX Film Festival
- Bordeaux Film Festival (FIFIB) – International Competition
- Athens International Film Festival – Festivals Darlings
- Haifa International Film Festival
- Rotterdam International Film Festival – Limelight
- Toronto International Film Festival – Platform Competition
- San Sebastian International Film Festival – International Competition – Best Director, Best Actor, Best Cinematography
Born in 1986 in Buenos Aires, Benjamin Naishtat started studying cinema at Buenos Aires University and pursued his studies at le Fresnoy – National Contemporary Art Studio, in France. His work includes fictions: "El Juego" (short-film, 2010) selected at Cannes Cinefondation - as well as experimental works: "Historia del mal" (2011), screened in Rotterdam and in several international exhibitions. His first feature film, "Historia del miedo" was in Competition in Berlin in 2014.
- Puan – 2023 – Co-directed with María Alche
- A local kind of god – 2018 – Short film
- Rojo – 2018
- El Movimiento – 2015
- Historia del Miedo (Histoire de la Peur) – 2014
- Colecciones – 2013 – Short film
- Historia del Mal – 2010 – Short film
- El Juego – 2010 – Short film
- Historias Breves 5 – 2009
- Historias Breves V: Estabamos bien – 2008 – Short film
Dario Grandinetti
Andrea Frigerio
Alfredo Castro
Screenwriter: Benjamin Naishtat
DOP: Pedro Sotero
Editor: Andrés Quaranta
Music: Vincent van Warmerdam
Production: Pucará Cine
Co-production: Sutor Kolonko, Viking Film, Desvia, Ecce Films
World sales: Luxbox
