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The Debt (2016)
Set against the backdrop of an international finance deal with profound social implications, the film is an intense political drama which explores how far people will go to get what they want.
7 March 1963, Madrid, Spain
1 November 1965
18 December 1969, Lima, Peru
16 August 1944, Mollendo, Arequipa, Peru
September 3, 2001 in Istanbul, Turkey
July 06, 2016
[Director] Elliott clearly cares about the exploitation of Latin American resources by rapacious foreign corporations, but his characters are one-dimensional mouthpieces for whatever point he wants to make in a given scene.
June 24, 2016
Despite its best efforts to be thought-provoking, the film is dramatically inert, slow and its revelations aren't all that politically illuminating, relying on coincidence and worn tropes to obfuscate its lack of ingenuity.
March 28, 2016
A movie filled with great ideas. [Full review in Spanish]
July 07, 2016
Toggling between the breathtaking Peruvian highlands and the busy clamor of Lima, "The Debt" places three very different lives on a collision course freighted with moral and financial complexity.
July 07, 2016
Barney Elliott's The Debt deals in murky ethics and exploitation in this well-acted trio of connecting stories set in Peru.
July 08, 2016
The result is well meaning, well shot (especially the rural scenes) and well acted (you can't go wrong with David Strathairn), but ultimately a dramatic disappointment.
July 08, 2016
Well-meaning but contrived ...
June 24, 2016
A timely contemporary mystery with top-notch performances!