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The Intruder

Submissions for Best International Feature (Academy Awards 2022)

El prófugo

2020

Natalia Meta

Érica Rivas, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Daniel Hendler, Cecilia Roth ...

5.7

467

Thriller Inés (Érica Rivas) is a dubbing artist and sings in a choir in Buenos Aires. Ever since a traumatic experience on holiday, she has been suffering from insomnia and is haunted by violent nightmares. In the dubbing studio, the microphones record strange sounds that seem to come directly from her vocal cords. These sounds disrupt the dubbing and also threaten her place in the choir. Gradually, Inés falls into a paranoid state in which ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Deborah Young The Hollywood Reporter	"The spirit of the film is one of mischievous fun, and the story’s refusal to take itself seriously wins a regular laugh (...) The final resolution, (...) is enjoyable enough"	POS
United States	Jessica Kiang Variety	"An oddly flavorless supernatural psycho-thriller (...) Meta chooses not to fully embrace the story’s lurid potential"	NEU
United States	Eric Kohn IndieWire	"A smart and stylish supernatural story (...) The rudimentary nature of [its] threat provides a cogent means of exploring the main character’s broader frustrations with the world"	POS
United Kingdom	Wendy Ide Screendaily	"May work best with audiences who are able to suspend disbelief and who prefer atmosphere to coherence in their movies."	NEU

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