Hoping to make some money, Boogie, a violent and ruthless assassin, kidnaps a witness a mafia boss wants dead.
Direction
Cova channels Tarantino through a Buenos Aires fever dream.
Practical Effects
Hand-drawn gore hits harder than any CG bloodbath.
Writing
Fontanarrosa's dialogue — poetic, profane, uncomfortably funny.
Director
Gustavo Cova
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Fontanarrosa was Argentina's beloved cartoonist-satirist; this adaptation angered purists who missed the irony.
Echarri's gravel-voiced performance became so iconic that 'Boogie' entered Argentine slang for wannabe tough guys.
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