When a young fanatical nationalist suspects that his fellow pensioners - immigrants and zarzuela players - plan an attack on the president, he reports them to the police. In his adventure, he leaves behind a girlfriend and a lover, and ends up sharing his life with a disoriented girl.
Acting
Giallelis crumbles spectacularly from zealot to hollow man.
Direction
Torre Nilsson's claustrophobic framing traps you in Martín's head.
Director
Leopoldo Torre Nilsson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Argentina's 1966 military coup—Torre Nilsson channels national anxiety into one man's collapse.
Giallelis was fresh off 'America America' (1963); this was his obscure follow-up that vanished for decades.
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