TRUST NO ONE

The Extortion

La Extorsión

MARTINO ZAIDELIS
Argentina, USA, 2023
106 minutes, Color
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Actor Guillermo Francella excels at looking like a man caught in a trap, which his character in The Extortion most definitely is. Alejandro (Francella), a celebrated pilot nearing retirement, is approached by agents from the Intelligence Service who make him a seemingly innocent offer: carry a special suitcase on flights to Madrid. When he tries to refuse, they confront him with compromising information that would certainly end his apparently happy marriage, to say nothing of his career. Soon the once confident professional is plagued by doubts and fears. As twist upon twist reveals deeper and darker conspiracies, the question for Alejandro becomes, How do you get yourself out of a hole that you helped dig?—Dave Nuttycombe

In Spanish with English subtitles