It's the rare three-hour film that has as light a touch as The Delinquents while keeping a deft hold on the audience. That's partly down to its surefire bank heist plot, borrowed somewhat from Hugo Fregonese's 1949 Argentine noir Hardly a Criminal: a longtime clerk steals enough money to retire on, stashes it, then goes to jail, planning to recover the loot upon release. Morán (Daniel Elias) is the nebbishy thief in Rodrigo Moreno's new film, which premiered in Un Certain Regard at Cannes to ge...
"I Had Three Art Directors and Two Cinematographers": Rodrigo Moreno on The Delinquents at Cannes 2023
Filmmaker Magazine - 30 May 2023 18:33
It's the rare three-hour film that has as light a touch as The Delinquents while keeping a deft hold on the audience. That's partly down to its surefire bank heist plot, borrowed somewhat from Hugo Fregonese's 1949 Argentine noir Hardly a Criminal: a longtime clerk steals enough money to retire on, stashes it, then goes to jail, planning to recover the loot upon release. Morán (Daniel Elias) is the nebbishy thief in Rodrigo Moreno's new film, which premiered in Un Certain Regard at Cannes to ge...
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