The Clan

– When it was first released in Argentina, Pablo Trapero’s film had the highest opening box-office o..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.00 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 48 Minutes
Release Year:
2015
Original Name:
El clan
The Clan (2015) - Also known as El clan

When it was first released in Argentina, Pablo Trapero’s film had the highest opening box-office of all time. The key to that success is simply that The Clan is based on one of the most shocking crimes in the country’s history, the Puccio Clan case. In 1985, the news broke that the Puccios, a well-established Catholic family with five children from San Isidro, an upper-class suburb of Buenos Aires, kidnapped and held people hostage for ransom in their own home. The film is a disturbing, impressive, and beautifully controlled interpretation of those events, with Guillermo Francella's magnificent depiction of the father, a performance for the ages.

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The Clan (2015) - Trailer

Release Date:

13 Aug 2015

Language:

Spanish

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Pablo Trapero

Writer:

Julian Loyola, Esteban Student, Pablo Trapero (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Guillermo Francella, Gastón Cocchiarale, Peter Lanzani, Stefanía Koessl

Plot:

The Puccios...? A model family! They are few, those that could match them. The father? A dignified man, (honest) storekeeper by trade, who cares about his five children, going as far as to supervise the homework of his youngest daughter. The mother? Both a dedicated teacher and a regular Martha Stewart. The children? Well-educated and promised to a bright future. Alejandro, for one, is already an admired rugby star. Except that... all this respectability is nothing but a smokescreen! The truth is that Arquimedes Puccio is also - and mainly - the tyrannical leader of a criminal gang composed of... his wife and children. Puccio's undercover activities ? Well, they consist in kidnapping rich people (preferably young), detaining them in his own house, torturing them gratuitously and doing away with them after cashing the ransom. The Puccios, a model family? Yes, but a model evil family!

Awards:

14 wins & 36 nominations.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.0/10
Metacritic:
73%