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Movie Info

Labeled a subversive by Argentina's oppressive military regime, soccer player Claudio Tamburrini (Rodrigo de la Serna) is kidnapped, blindfolded and taken to a secret prison. Left naked and handcuffed, often tortured without mercy, Tamburrini endures days of pain and humiliation. Eventually he and three fellow prisoners, including Guillermo Fernandez (Nazareno Casero), devise a plan to escape the prison, knowing that failure will likely cost them their lives.

Rating:

R (Nudity|Language|Brutality and Torture)
Genre:

mystery and thriller
Original Language:

Spanish
Director:

Adrián Caetano
Producer:

Óscar Kramer, Hugo Sigman
Release Date (Streaming):

Jun 15, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA):

$1.3K
Runtime:

1h 43m
Production Co:

20th Century Fox, Instituto Nacional de Cinema

Cast & Crew

Rodrigo de la Serna
Claudio Tamburrini

Pablo Echarri
Huguito

Nazareno Casero
Guillermo Fernández

Lautaro Delgado
El Gallego

Matías Marmorato
El Vasco

Martín Urruty
El Tano

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News & Interviews for Chronicle of an Escape

Critical Consensus: Awake Not Screened For Critics

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Critic Reviews for Chronicle of an Escape

All Critics (15) | Top Critics (11) | Fresh (10) | Rotten (5)

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November 17, 2011 | Rating: 3/5

David Fear
Time Out
It is a small relief to discover that Chronicle of an Escape is relatively restrained in its depiction of torture. Despite its restraint, the movie is deeply unsettling.

November 30, 2007 | Rating: 4/5

Stephen Holden
New York Times
This film is both a warning about abuse of government power and a reassurance that justice will sometimes triumph.

November 30, 2007 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

V.A. Musetto
New York Post
The film is taut and ruthlessly constructed, with odd flashes of humor and a white-knuckle pace.

November 29, 2007

Andrew O'Hehir
Salon.com
A tense and mammothly upsetting dramatization of Tamburrini's memoir; ... gets everything that can pound in your body pounding.

November 29, 2007 | Rating: 3/4

Jan Stuart
Newsday
Chronicle might be utterly uncompromising in its "you are there" visceral style-or just unresourceful. I tend toward the latter reading.

November 28, 2007

Nick Pinkerton
Village Voice
Feels more like an exploitation B movie for those who get off on rough prison wardens and mistreated, hapless victims.

December 4, 2007 | Full Review…

Eric Monder
Film Journal International
Chronicle of an Escape pretty much lives up to its title and little else.

November 30, 2007 | Full Review…

Kevin Courrier
Boxoffice Magazine
If you need to break out of captivity, clearly running naked is the way to go.

November 28, 2007 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

Matt Pais
Metromix.com
Caetano ha hecho un film de suspenso, no una denuncia poltica, que funciona muy bien sobre todo en sus minutos finales.

September 28, 2006 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Enrique Buchichio
Uruguay Total

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Audience Reviews for Chronicle of an Escape

Apr 03, 2012

Very engrossing film based on a true story. The scenes during the captivity were so well done...right up to the escape attempt scene where I found myself gripping my chair (very tension filled). Watching a movie like this only makes me love living in America more. Many people take for granted how lucky they are to live here. Not me. I know how lucky I am...

Cynthia S Super Reviewer
Apr 03, 2012

[font=Century Gothic]"Chronicle of an Escape" starts in 1977 Argentina following a military coup. Roving bands of secret police are snatching suspected terrorists off the street on the flimsiest evidence while also liberating suspicious looking electronics like stereos and televisions. One of these is Claudio Tamburrini(Rodrigo De la Serna), a soccer player, who is named by Tano(Martin Urruty) in an effort to gain time for his comrades.(Claudio gives up his seat to a pregnant woman on a bus which is an indication of what kind of person he is.) He is found after the location of his new apartment is forced out of his mother. Once at headquarters, Claudio is tortured but knows nothing which he is told will only stall his case. But hopefully he will be released by Christmas...and somewhere Kafka is smiling ruefully.[/font] [font=Century Gothic][/font] [font=Century Gothic]Based on an incredible true story, "Chronicle of an Escape" is a smartly taut political thriller with overtones for the current day. Notice how casually the word terrorist is bandied about and how torture is used. If somebody is tortured and brutalized, they will say anything to stay alive and give time for their comrades to escape.(Nobody wants to die. Everybody wants to live.) It does not get the police anywhere in their so-called investigations while picking up innocent people in the dragnet, proof that being non-political will not keep a person safe. Lucas, the squad's leader, recognizes this and occasionally treats his prisoners courteously. What torture does manage to do is to keep the general population afraid. It is all about power.[/font]

Walter M Super Reviewer
Apr 03, 2012

Shocking and nail biting chronicle of innocent men that were imprisoned and tortured by the Argentinian government during the Junta in 1977. Based on a true story. I've seen this at the Open Doek Filmfestival in Turnhout. Solid thriller that will also appeal to a mainstream audience.

William H Super Reviewer