Las viudas de los jueves
Director:
Marcelo PiñeyroCámara:
Alfredo MayoMúsica:
Roque BañosReparto:
Ernesto Alterio, Juan Diego Botto, Ana Celentano, Pablo Echarri, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Adrián Navarro, Ramiro Blas, Paco Escribano, Juana Viale, Nilda Raggi (más)Sinopsis(1)
En el barrio privado de Altos de la Cascada, la vida transcurre idílica como siempre, entre casas que imitan mansiones con grandes jardines y piscinas climatizadas. Separado de la realidad por muros y cámaras que todo lo vigilan, el country de Altos es una burbuja perfecta en un país erizado de espinas. Una mañana tiene lugar un descubrimiento macabro: tres cadáveres aparecen flotando en una piscina. El hallazgo conmueve a esa cerrada comunidad, que se apresura a etiquetarlo de accidente y a definirlo como tragedia e infortunio. Pero la revisión de las últimas actividades de las víctimas hace dudar sobre el carácter accidental de esas muertes. Por debajo de su fachada impoluta, el barrio de Altos de la Cascada se revelará precario como un polvorín, desmintiendo la creencia de que la prosperidad es eterna y de que la abundancia equivale a la felicidad. En ese mundo perfecto las certezas comienzan a desmoronarse y crece la sensación de que lo peor está a punto de suceder. (Alta Films)
(más)Reseñas (1)
The film begins with a shot of corpses floating in the water in the middle of a swimming pool. Everything indicates that we will witness a dark thriller, probably spiced up with horror elements. But soon there is a cut, and you find yourself in the middle of a community of upper middle-class residents from a closed residential complex. They clearly belong to the happier and more successful people who can provide their families with a very decent life. However, they do not have the kind of wealth that would secure them a safe cushion in case of job loss and status. Their prosperity is built on mortgages and other loans and on the precarious assumption of continuing current income. But with signs of an approaching crisis also come worries, which turn into an oppressive nightmare. What will tomorrow bring, how will I defend my social status, what am I without it? The film's title could also be different: The Anatomy of One Fear. Although not as stylish and thematically sophisticated as The Method, The Widows of Thursdays is still decently above average in the psychological drama genre, and Marcelo Pineyro once again confirms his left-leaning sensibilities. Overall impression: 75%.
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