An image consultant helps a corrupt politician form a romantic attachment with a journalist who despises him.
Acting
Peretti's greasy charisma makes you root against your better judgment
Writing
Dialogue that weaponizes rom-com tropes against itself
Direction
Guerschuny balances real tension with absurd premise
Director
Hernán Guerschuny
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Argentine cinema's 2020s boom in political cynicism reflects national fatigue with corruption scandals; Guerschuny previously skewered media in 'El Ciudadano Ilustre.'
The title's Spanish original 'El Encargado' refers to 'the fixer'—a darker frame than 'consultant' suggests.
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