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Flies

2023 · 97 min

A wickedly dark, tense ride as a loathsome man scrambles to cover his tracks, mixing grim suspense with sharp, cynical humor.

Directed by
Aritz Moreno
Genres
Thriller
Starring
Ernesto Alterio, Claudio Rissi, Mara Bestelli
Overview
Mr. Machi is a businessman fond of luxuries, easy money and women. A despicable person who abuses his power and position, but suddenly finds himself in an extreme situation: one morning, in broad daylight, he punctures a tire. But his surprise comes when he discovers the disfigured corpse of a stranger in his trunk. Someone has set a trap for him. There he begins a desperate route to get rid of the body, discover his identity and know who is behind all this. One of the many enemies that he has cultivated over the years, from his own wife to co-workers, bodyguards and politicians. It could have been any of those that he has stepped on during these years to continue climbing or to consolidate his power, because for Luis Machi, people are so insignificant that from afar they look like flies.

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Directed by
Aritz Moreno
Genres
Thriller
Starring
Ernesto Alterio, Claudio Rissi, Mara Bestelli
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • corruption
  • power
  • guilt
  • deception
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror3
Humour6
Realism7
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Genres
thriller
Directed by
Aritz Moreno
Written by
Javier Gullón
Starring
Ernesto Alterio, Claudio Rissi, Mara Bestelli, Tomás Pozzi, Gabriel Fernández, Gastón Chamorro, Natalia Cociuffo, Juan Cottet
Music
Maite Arroitajauregi
Cinematography
Javier Agirre Erauso
Runtime
97 min
Country
Argentina, Spain
Languages
Spanish

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