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Original title: Azor
Year: 2021
Running time: 100 min.
Country: Switzerland
Director: Andreas Fontana
Screenwriter: Andreas Fontana, Mariano Llinás
Music: Paul Courlet
Cinematography: Gabriel Sandru
Cast: Fabrizio Rongione, Alexandre Trocki, Stéphanie Cléau, Elli Medeiros, Yvain Juillard, Gilles Privat, Juan Pablo Geretto, Carmen Iriondo, Pablo Torre Nilson, Juan Trench
Producer: Co-production Switzerland-France-Argentina;
Alina Film, Local Films, Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS), Ruda Cine. Distributor: Be For Films
Genre: Thriller. Drama | Argentinian Dictatorship. 1970s
Synopsis: Yvan De Wiel, a private banker from Geneva, goes to Argentina in the midst of a dictatorship to replace his partner, the object of the most worrying rumours, who disappeared overnight.

Rankings Position

#111 Best Movies from 2021 (no animation films)
#126 Best Movies of 2021

Awards: 2021: Mar del Plata Film Festival: Official Selection (Out of Competition)

2021: Gotham Awards: Nominated for Best International Feature

Critics' reviews

"Even if this environment will be foreign to most viewers, 'Azor' builds the mystery with such engrossing cleverness that the film should easily attract art-house audiences."

Jay Weissberg: Variety
"What’s impressive is how coolly [Fontana] avoids the temptation to put on a big show, preferring more delicate tactics"

Anthony Lane: The New Yorker
"A film of impeccably polished facades capable of concealing horrors (...) [Fontana] shows an excellent facility for adding textures to enliven dialogue scenes"

Joe Blessing: The Playlist
"How effective 'Azor' is will likely depend on your appetite for an aesthetically pleasing slow-burn, not to mention, one that says nearly the same thing with every scene."

Siddhant Adlakha: IndieWire
"While there’s never a moment of overt violence in 'Azor', a river of blood courses beneath every impeccably composed frame (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"

Keith Watson: Slant
"A film of almost Le Carréan subtlety, of oblique plotting, crouching dialogue, and guarded performances masking sinister realpolitik."

Mark Asch: The Film Stage
"Pitch-perfect performances and design, and Gabriel Sandru's cinematography uses crisp, straightforward compositions to render certain spaces of privilege and power as eternally, blithely stagnant"

Robert Abele: Los Angeles Times
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