El derrotado

A slow, somber plunge into a man's unraveling, watching his life and marriage erode with quiet, mounting despair.

Directed by

Javier Torre

Genres

Drama

Starring

Adrián Navarro, Romina Gaetani, Rafael Ferro

Overview

Julio works for an accounting firm, at the beginning of the '50s. Celina, his wife, married him without knowing that he was addicted to gambling. This problem leads him to increasingly denigrating situations. Celina, who has lost contact with her upper-class world, meets a friend from the past again and meets Alberto, who seduces her. Little by little, Julio enters into an irreversible debacle.

How it feels

Bleak, melancholic, tense and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Addiction, betrayal, class, grief

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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