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Hombres a precio

1950 · 74 min

A sober, slow-burning character study that follows a young outsider navigating the pressures of big-city newspaper life.

Directed by
Bernardo Spoliansky
Genres
Drama
Starring
Carlos Cores, Yeya Duciel, Pedro Laxalt
Overview
It tells the story of a young provincial journalist who begins to work for a newspaper in the capital.

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Directed by
Bernardo Spoliansky
Genres
Drama
Starring
Carlos Cores, Yeya Duciel, Pedro Laxalt
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • work
  • identity
  • class
  • corruption
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Bernardo Spoliansky
Written by
Nathán Pinzón, Alberto Fonseca, Ricardo Setaro
Starring
Carlos Cores, Yeya Duciel, Pedro Laxalt, Luis Otero, Ricardo Trigo, Alberto Barcel, María Esther Corán, Rodolfo Blasco
Cinematography
Gumer Barreiros
Runtime
74 min
Country
Argentina
Languages
Spanish

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