{"id":1689,"date":"2016-12-04T23:37:11","date_gmt":"2016-12-04T23:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/corkcineclub.com\/?p=1689"},"modified":"2017-07-19T19:19:47","modified_gmt":"2017-07-19T19:19:47","slug":"the-clan-argentina-thursday-23-march-8pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corkcineclub.com\/2016\/12\/the-clan-argentina-thursday-23-march-8pm\/","title":{"rendered":"THE CLAN [ARGENTINA], THURSDAY 23 MARCH, 8PM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5gnQab2Qq14\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>The astonishing true story of a seemingly normal middle-class family that trafficked in the kidnapping, ransoming and murder of the wealthy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Argentinian director Pablo Trapero\u2019s audaciously entertaining true-crime saga is reminiscent of Scorsese at his best. \u00a0The disappeared \u2014\u00a0<em>los desaparecidos<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 are words that carry special resonance in Argentina. Long associated with the crimes of the military junta of the 1970s, the term takes on a different, but no less chilling, in this film.<\/p>\n<p>Based on a true story that rocked Argentina,\u00a0<em>The Clan<\/em>\u00a0tells the almost unbelievable tale of the Puccios, a family who kidnapped wealthy people off the street, held the victims for ransom, and, once paid, killed them.<\/p>\n<p>It is a disturbing, impressive, and beautifully controlled film from a director whose work matures with each new project.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;A slick thriller that brilliantly juxtaposes domestic life and the kidnapping business.&#8221;<\/em> \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2016\/sep\/18\/the-clan-review-family-sinister-sideline\">The Guardian<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;A swaggering, black-hearted crime saga worthy of Scorsese.&#8221;<\/em> \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/films\/2016\/09\/15\/the-clan-review-a-swaggering-blackhearted-true-crime-saga-worthy\/\">The Telegraph<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;chilling&#8221;<\/em> \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/culture\/film\/the-clan-review-chilling-portrait-of-patriarchal-entitlement-in-twisted-true-drama-1.2801888\">Irish Times<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theclanfilm.com\/\">Click here for official website.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Argentina, Spain, 2015 | Language: Spanish | 110 minutes | Cert: CLUB<\/p>\n<p>Director:\u00a0Pablo Trapero<\/p>\n<p>Cast: Guillermo Francella, Peter Lanzani, Lili Popovich, Gaston Cocchiarale, Giselle Motta, Franco Masini, Antonia Bengoechea, Stefania Koessl<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The astonishing true story of a seemingly normal middle-class family that trafficked in the kidnapping, ransoming and murder of the wealthy. Argentinian director Pablo Trapero\u2019s audaciously entertaining true-crime saga is&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1727,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/corkcineclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1689"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/corkcineclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/corkcineclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corkcineclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corkcineclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1689"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/corkcineclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1732,"href":"https:\/\/corkcineclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1689\/revisions\/1732"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corkcineclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/corkcineclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corkcineclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corkcineclub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}