“Above all I am interested not so much in the behaviour of impostors themselves, but the people around them who have convinced themselves to believe in something because it comforts them to believe it.”
Pablo Trapero (director, El Clan)

Dates and time:
Friday 6 January 2017, 9.00PM
Friday 13 January 2017, 9.00PM
Sunday 15 January 2017, 9.00PM
Saturday 28 January, 5.30PM (Citadel Cinema, Gozo | Tickets: €5)

Venue: Cinema (St James Cavallier)

Within a typical family home in the traditional neighborhood of San Isidro, a sinister clan makes its living off kidnapping and murder.

Arquímedes, the patriarch, heads and plans the operations. Alejandro, his eldest son, is a star rugby player at CASI—a prestigious local club—and the Argentine mythical national team (Los Pumas). The son gives in to his father’s will and identifies possible candidates for kidnapping; his popularity shields him from suspicion.

To a greater or lesser extent, the members of the family are accomplices in this dreadful venture as they live off the benefits yielded by the large ransoms paid by the families of their victims.

Based on the true story of the Puccio family, this film full of suspense and intrigue takes place in the context of the final years of the Argentine military dictatorship and incipient return to democracy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVRwM0dGyxc