I didn’t have energy left in my system towards the end of Cannes to have caught the Un Certain Regard selected Pablo Trapero emergency room drama romance Carancho – so I’m sort of glad that despite being panned by critics that Strand Releasing made a bid for the film and would go against the tide of what we see in art-house theaters by going with this noirish world filled with violence and grim.
Carancho sees the pairing of Ricardo Darin and Martina Gusman (a frequent flyer with Trapero in Lion’s Den and 2006’s Born and Bred) in the backdrop of Argentina where more than eight thousand people die every year in road accidents. Behind every tragedy there is an industry, supported by the compensations of insurance companies and the weakness of the law. Sosa, is a lawyer who moves through emergency rooms of public hospitals and police stations in search of potential customers. Luján, is a young doctor from the province. This love story begins the night Luján and Sosa meet on the street. She’s trying to save a man’s life; he’s trying to turn him into his customer.
