“The Mugger” reviewed at FIPRESCI site
But it’s in Fendrik’s The Mugger that the obstinate stretching of the shot to its absolute limit works better. The story of a middle-aged mugger who specializes in robbing the private schools of downtown Buenos Aires captivates our emotions by the millimeter and stays close — really close — on the face of actor Arturo Goetz, to the point we have trouble even breathing under the film’s enticing spell.
Rui Tendinha is a Portuguese film critic. He works at “Noticias”, the main Portuguese magazine and at Sunday supplements of the two most important newspapers: “Diario de Noticias” and “Jornal de Noticias”. At the same time, he is film critic of “Premiere” and “Elle Magazine”, Portuguese versions, for TSF, a Portuguese national news radio.
He attended “The Mugger” at Rio International Film Fest.
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