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Animal is a 2018 Argentine-Spanish drama thriller film directed by Armando Bó II, starring Guillermo Francella and Carla Peterson. Animal was partially funded by Argentina's National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts (INCAA).




Plot


Antonio Decoud, a family man and manager of a meat processing plant, lives a wealthy life in an upper-class neighborhood in Mar del Plata. His polite lifestyle is shaken by an unexpected illness. Decoud will be forced to fight on unknown ground in order to find an organ donor. Meanwhile, Elías Montero and his pregnant wife Lucy Villar, a homeless couple, see an opportuniy to change their lives by extorting money from Decoud.




Cast


Guillermo Francella... Antonio Decoud
Carla Peterson... Susana Decoud
Federico Salles... Elías Montero
Mercedes De Santis... Lucy Villar
Gloria Carrá... Josefina Hertz
Marcelo Subiotto... Gabriel Hertz
Majo Chicar... Linda Decoud
Joaquín Flammini... Tomás Decoud




Reception


Ezequiel Boetti from Otros Cines says that Bo made an essay on cruelty, selfishness, contempt and class conflict. Ambito Financiero's Paraná Sendrós praises Francella's characterization of Decoud, and describes the movie as a satire on the fragile nature of relationships and fortune. Gaspar Zimerman from Clarín compares Animal with Cape Fear, as both films are "fictional experiments" that confront a scared bourgeois with an out-of-control underclass. Tobias Dunschen from Critique Film observes the lack of a dramatic counterweight to the flashy treatment of Decoud's frenzied search for a life-saving organ. The Spanish critic Arantxa Acosta, from La Realidad no Existe, called the film "terrifying" because it inspires empathy for the two antagonists, Decoud and Montero, no matter how low they can fall.




Accolades


Animal competed in the following film festivals:

Chicago International Film Festival
Busan International Film Festival
Fajr Film Festival
Le Roche-sur-Yon Festival
Sitges Film Festival




References






External links


Animal at IMDb
Bo, Armando (2018-05-24), Animal (Drama, Thriller) (in Spanish), Bowfinger International Pictures, Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales (INCAA), MyS Producción, retrieved 2022-12-31
"Ficha técnica, trailer, imágenes, noticias y más información de la película Animal". cinenacional.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-01-07.

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