The Prince (2019)
aka El Príncipe First screened in October 2019
Director: Sebastián Muñoz. Cast: Juan Carlos Maldonado, Alberto Castro, Gastón Pauls, Lucas Balmaceda, Sebastián Ayala, Cesara Serra, Nicolás Zárate, José Antonio Raffo, Catalina Martin, Paola Volpato, Paula Zúñiga. Screenplay: Luis Barrales and Sebastián Muñoz (based on the novel by Mario Cruz). Twitter Capsule:
Partly earnest film about self-invention in seamy circumstances. Partly just seamy. Ratios vary. So do performances.
VOR:③
This initially seemed derivative, predictable, and exploitative. Some key scenes with Castro and larger circles of inmates deepen it, but only just.
