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Caño dorado

2011 · 101 min

A gritty, slow-burning descent into desperation and doomed love in the margins of society.

Directed by
Eduardo Pinto
Genres
Crime, Drama
Starring
Tina Serrano, Lautaro Delgado Tymruk, Camila Cruz
Overview
Panceta works in a pipe factory and lives in a poor neighborhood with his mother, selling makeshift guns to local goons. He meets Clara at a party and they decide to elope together, but the local mob boss goes after them.

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Directed by
Eduardo Pinto
Genres
Crime, Drama
Starring
Tina Serrano, Lautaro Delgado Tymruk, Camila Cruz
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 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
  • crime
  • class
  • love
  • survival
  • isolation
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror2
Humour2
Realism8
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
crime, drama
Directed by
Eduardo Pinto
Written by
Eduardo Pinto
Starring
Tina Serrano, Lautaro Delgado Tymruk, Camila Cruz, Yiyo Ortiz, Sergio Ferreiro, Luis Campos
Runtime
101 min
Country
Argentina, Spain, United States of America
Languages
Spanish

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