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Why this pick
Its restrained, ominous journey through Argentina’s wealthy circles creates a similarly elegant surface under which historical violence and unspoken complicity quietly gather.
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MOVIE2013 1h 30m ARG
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Josef Mengele is in exile in Argentina in 1960, living under a new identity. He makes a long journey by road to a new location by following a family, as the roads are dangerous. Mengele has his own place to stay in Patagonia, but he takes an interest in Lilith, the daughter of the family, and he moves into their hotel by paying six months' rent.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Àlex Brendemühl
Josef Mengele
Diego Peretti
Enzo
Elena Roger
Nora Eldoc
Carlos Kaspar
Factory owner
Natalia Oreiro
Eva
Guillermo Pfening
Klaus