Movie No. 64 (2015): TO KILL A MAN
To Kill A Man (a.k.a. Matar A Un Hombre)
Director: Alejandro Fernandez Almendras
Cast: Daniel Candia, Alejandra Yanes, Daniel Antivilo
In Spanish, with English subtitles
A neighborhood bully never stops tormenting an working class man and his family. Fed up with the extent by which the bully torments his family and frustrated with the inefficiency of the judicial and police system from whom he asks help, an the man decides to put the law in his hands. A moral dilemma then ensues.
Director: Alejandro Fernandez Almendras
Cast: Daniel Candia, Alejandra Yanes, Daniel Antivilo
In Spanish, with English subtitles
A neighborhood bully never stops tormenting an working class man and his family. Fed up with the extent by which the bully torments his family and frustrated with the inefficiency of the judicial and police system from whom he asks help, an the man decides to put the law in his hands. A moral dilemma then ensues.
The movie is told in a way that tension slowly builds up. Despite this, there's no explosive climax so to say. Just a resolution to conclude the movie.
The movie was Chile's entry to the 87th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film.
Rating: 3.5/4.0
Date seen: November 20, 2015
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