El patrón, radiografía de un crimen

A watchable slice of social realism for Argentina. THE BOSS, ANATOMY OF A CRIME tells the story of a lowly butcher's apprentice and the ways in which his boss goes out of his way to make his life hell. It's a dark tale of bullying and despair, based on a true story, and one which strives for the realistic at all times over the dramatic or embellished.

The director has some fun with the chronology of his movie, presenting events in flashback format while modern legal scenes explore the aftermath of the titular crime. The low-key acting is of a high standard and the production values for what is clearly a low budget tale are exemplary. Fans of this genre will enjoy it.

A brilliant well crafted and acted film. One of very few I'd watch again. Perhaps I missed a few events or perhaps the film needs tighter editing...in any event an amazing delve into good vs evil and the banal vs the ethereal. Watch this gem.

I just loved this movie after not expecting too much from it.

There are no details on IMDb about how much this movie actually cost to make but it was obviously pretty low budget. Having said that though, the result that the film-makers achieved here is quite something.

The movie is engaging, very well acted by all of the characters and the script is tight and quite believable, especially since the movie is based on a true story (as so many are these days).

As a parable of what amounts to modern-day slavery, it's a great story and I for one can quite understand why the main character Hermogenes ended up killing his boss who'd been abusing he and his wife Gladys for so long.

I cannot let this review pass without mentioning the revulsion that I felt in many scenes at what was done in Latuada's several butchers' shops to make rotten meat even slightly presentable to potential customers. As a human being, I am as near to carnivorous as it might be possible to be but this movie nearly made me a vegetarian, such was the revulsion that I felt at the sight of all the meat that also has a starring role here. Yuuuuukkkkkkk!!

JMV.

Very much under estimated movie. It is very well made, despite being on a small budget. This one deserves to be seen!

Although Argentina has a long road in the recognition of human rights, it still has a pending debt with respect to labor rights, with working under the table being one of the most relevant problems that has worsened seriously in recent years. The film tells the story of Hermógenes, a low-class, illiterate butcher born in a town in the interior of Argentina who moves with his partner to Buenos Aires to progress. There he will be exploited in a cruel and dehumanized way by his "boss" with whom he will maintain a close relationship to slavery. The performances are excellent causing a great indignation in the viewer, and although there are no great scenarios or a photographed work, we find a film that works with its objective that is to show the exploitation suffered by people of low educational training while movintg to large urban centers. 8/10