Javier Godino

At once a love story, a revenge epic, and a mystery of political intrigue, this excellent thriller from Argentina won 2009’s Best Foreign Film Academy Award® (in a crowded year!) and has become one of Latin American cinema’s most popular exports.

Oscar-nominated Viggo Mortensen (The Lord of the Rings, History of Violence) returns to the screen in full force in this stunningly shot, twisted tale of revenge. Successful doctor Agustin (Mortensen) has grown increasingly tired of his perfectly ordered existence. After the death of his identical twin brother, Pedro, Agustin seizes the opportunity to assume Pedro’s identity and return to their childhood home by the river. But what he finds is not a new start, but a reawakening to a dangerous criminal underworld. Thrown into a dark world of kidnap, corruption and torture, Agustin eventually finds himself the prime suspect in a murder case.

While researching corruption for his new book, a successful crime novelist shades the line between fiction and reality.