DramaThriller

Azor

Yvan De Wiel, a private banker from Geneva, is going to Argentina in the midst of a dictatorship to replace his partner, the object of the most worrying rumors, who disappeared overnight. Between hushed lounges, swimming pools, and gardens under surveillance, a remote duel takes place between two bankers who, despite different methods, are the accomplices of a discreet and merciless form of colonization.

Release Date : 2021-09-10

Language :SpanishFrenchEnglish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Alina FilmRTSRuda CineLocal Films

Production Country : ArgentinaFranceSwitzerland

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Yvan De Wiel

Original Name : Fabrizio Rongione

Gender : Male

Character Name : Inès de Wiel

Original Name : Stéphanie Cléau

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lacrosteguy Widow

Original Name : Carmen Iriondo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Augusto Padel-Camón

Original Name : Juan Trench

Gender : Male

Character Name : Anibal Farrell

Original Name : Ignacio Vila

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mgr Tatoski

Original Name : Pablo Torre Nilson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dekerman

Original Name : Juan Pablo Geretto

Gender : Male

Character Name : Embassadeur Frydmer

Original Name : Alexandre Trocki

Gender : Male

Character Name : Guy Lombier

Original Name : Yvain Juillard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Leopolda

Original Name : Agustina Muñoz

Gender : Female

Character Name : Magdalena Padel-Camón / Alicia Domecq

Original Name : Elli Medeiros

Gender : Female

Character Name : Decôme

Original Name : Gilles Privat

Gender : Male

Character Name : René Keys

Original Name : Alain Gegenschatz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chauffeur Ambassade

Original Name : Pablo Larralde

Gender : Male

Character Name : Guido

Original Name : Raúl Lissarague

Gender : Male

Character Name : Anita

Original Name : Denise Carrizo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bibi Morris

Original Name : Ioana Padilla

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fils Padel-Camón

Original Name : Federico de Martis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fils Padel-Camón

Original Name : Rafael de Martis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Péon Guitariste

Original Name : Alejo de los Reyes

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Mariano Llinás

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-04-17

Sophisticated banker "De Wiel" (Fabrizio Rongione) heads from his base in Geneva to Buenos Aires to take over from his colleague who has mysteriously vanished. Now this story is set in the 1980s so his destination is still under the slightly anachronistic control of a military junta and the Catholic church. Rumours are abounding about the nature of the role his colleague had in some murky financial dealings and so aside from appeasing their clients, he is to try and find out just what happened to "Kies". Upon arrival he is quickly exposed to the corruption that prevails at just about every level of society and his job is to make them as much money a possible - regardless of the ethics or risks of any such transactions, whilst maintaining an high degree of discretion (aka secrecy). I could have done with just a little more pace from director Andreas Fontana here, but what he does provide is quite a compellingly presented assessment of just how venally menacing things were. His "associates" realising that the writing might be on the wall for them desperately trying to liquidate assets which may, or probably did not, belong to them to insulate themselves in an haven abroad. His encounters are not just with the upper class, but all with all strata of a community that had spent it's life turning a blind eye or being passively complicit. The photography works well with the limited amounts of dialogue, and this is quite an effective psychological thriller that leaves us to do much of the heavy lifting - and judging -ourselves.