El bonaerense (2002)

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Country: Argentina, Chile, France, Netherlands
Genres: Crime, Drama
Release: 2002-09-19
Director: Pablo Trapero
Writers: Nicolas Gueilburt , Ricardo Ragendorfer , Dodi Shoeuer , Pablo Trapero
Language: Spanish
Stars: Jorge Román , Mimí Ardú , Darío Levy , Hugo Anganuzzi , Víctor Hugo Carrizo , Graciana Chironi , Roberto Posse , Luis Viscat , Aníbal Barengo , Gerardo Maffoni
Runtime: 105 min
Awards: 8 wins & 11 nominations
AKA: El bonaerense (France, French Republic) , El bonaerense , El bonaerense (United Kingdom) , Do Outro Lado da Lei (Brazil) , El bonaerense , Rekrut (Poland) , Житель Буэнос-Айреса (Russian Federation) , El bonaerense (Argentina) , Unapređenje (Serbia) , El bonaerense (Spain) , Ελ μποναερένσε (Greece)
Plot: Single, hopeless, and still living with his mother in a dusty village somewhere in Argentina, the thirty-two-year-old locksmith, Zapa, receives a call from his boss to open a safe--and next thing he knows--he is handcuffed, and charged of theft. Framed and down on his luck, Zapa's miserable life will take a turn for the better, when a letter of recommendation from his uncle and former policeman, Ismael, opens a position in the Police Academy to become a corporal. During the days of his rigorous training, Zapa will also experience an irregular love affair; however, will he finally manage to take charge of his life as he works his way up in the West Buenos Aires Police Force?
IMDB:tt0315850