Andreas Fontana's exquisite, quietly dazzling feature Azor answers a question we didn't know we had: how to make a mystery--a thriller, even--set in the world of private banking. Partly: it's about the arrival of a Swiss banker, Yvan De Wiel (Fabrizio Rongione), in early 1980s Buenos Aires, when Argentina is still in the grip of dictatorship. De Wiel is there to take on the wealthy (and suspicious) clients of a colleague, Keys, who has disappeared, leaving a flamboyant reputation. Often accompan...
"In Switzerland, We All Benefit From the Bank": Andreas Fontana on Azor
Filmmaker Magazine - 10 Sep 2021 22:34
Andreas Fontana's exquisite, quietly dazzling feature Azor answers a question we didn't know we had: how to make a mystery--a thriller, even--set in the world of private banking. Partly: it's about the arrival of a Swiss banker, Yvan De Wiel (Fabrizio Rongione), in early 1980s Buenos Aires, when Argentina is still in the grip of dictatorship. De Wiel is there to take on the wealthy (and suspicious) clients of a colleague, Keys, who has disappeared, leaving a flamboyant reputation. Often accompan...
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