KVIFF 2023: Argentina's 'The Delinquents' - A Slow Burn Heist Parable

What would be worse - the overwhelming pressure of having so much money you don't know how to handle it correctly, or the overwhelming anxiety of waiting to soon receive so much money that will allow you to never have to work again? Something to think about watching this film. I caught up with this outstanding Argentinian film at the 2023 Karlovy Vary Film Festival after it first premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May in the Un Certain Regard section. The Delinquents, also known as Los Delincuentes in Spanish, is a slow burn heist film that plays out over a grand total of 180 minutes - it's exactly 3 hours long. Don't write this one off yet! Don't skip it if you have an opportunity to watch it on the big screen! If you can sit with it and appreciate the way it takes its time to breathe and let the story unravel, you'll be rewarded with a rich, compelling and cinematically intelligent film about how money imprisons us all. And the filmmaking, oh my goodness, the filmmaking is to die for! It's consistently striking and clever and patient and gorgeous. // Continue Reading ›

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