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Culpable

1960 · 83 min

A claustrophobic, tense standoff that traps you in the gunman's anxious perspective as he waits and reflects between bursts of violence.

Directed by: Hugo del Carril
Genres: Crime, Drama
Starring: Hugo del Carril, Roberto Escalada, Myriam de Urquijo

Overview: A criminal confronts the police by firing at them with a machine gun from the first floor of a villa on the outskirts of Buenos Aires and occasionally shooting down a policeman. The gunman has time to reflect, to load his gun, to run from one window to the other. Whoever leads the police notices the futility of his efforts and suspends the fire.

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Directed by: Hugo del Carril
Genres: Crime, Drama
Starring: Hugo del Carril, Roberto Escalada, Myriam de Urquijo

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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
guilt
crime
death
fate
Places: big city
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex none

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Action	4
Horror	2
Humour	1
Realism	7
Romance	1
Tension	8
Darkness	7
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: crime, drama
Directed by: Hugo del Carril
Written by: Eduardo Borrás
Starring: Hugo del Carril, Roberto Escalada, Myriam de Urquijo, María Aurelia Bisutti, Luis Otero, Ernesto Bianco, Diana Ingro, Elina Colomer
Cinematography: Américo Hoss
Runtime: 83 min
Country: Argentina
Languages: Spanish

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